Change the id of an element:
document.getElementById("demo").id = "newid";
Click the button to change the value of the id attribute of the link.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><a id="myAnchor" href="https://www.java2s.com/">Examples</a></p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/* w w w . j ava 2 s . co m*/ document.getElementById("myAnchor").id = "newid"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The id of the link was changed from 'myAnchor' to 'newid'."; } </script> </body> </html>