Remove class listitem
from the li elements with index 0 and 1
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>//from www . j a v a 2 s . c om <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("li").removeClass(function(n) { if (n == 0 || n == 1) { return "listitem"; } else { return ""; } }); }); }); </script> <style> .listitem { color: red; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>This is a heading</h1> <ul> <li class="listitem">CSS</li> <li class="listitem">HTML</li> <li class="listitem">Java</li> <li class="listitem">Javascript</li> </ul> <button>test</button> </body> </html>