Introduction: 
Here I will explain how to reset dropdown using jQuery or clear / reset dropdown selection to original or default value in jQuery.
Description: 
   
In previous articles I explained jQuery check if string contains special characters or not, jQuery check file size before upload, Redirect to another page after 5 seconds, Get Current Datetime, Auto refresh page , Disable right click on image and many articles relating to JQuery. Now I will explain how to reset dropdown using jQuery or clear / reset dropdown selection to original or default value in jQuery.
In previous articles I explained jQuery check if string contains special characters or not, jQuery check file size before upload, Redirect to another page after 5 seconds, Get Current Datetime, Auto refresh page , Disable right click on image and many articles relating to JQuery. Now I will explain how to reset dropdown using jQuery or clear / reset dropdown selection to original or default value in jQuery.
To
clear or reset dropdown to initial value we have a different ways
First Method
Here we will find first element in the dropdown list and we will make
that first element selected
$('#ddluser').find('option:first').attr('selected',
  'selected'); 
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Second Method
Here we will check dropdownlist value with “0” and make it selected. In case our dropdownlist starting value “1” then we need to use “val(1)”
$('#ddluser').val(0); 
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Third Method
Here we will find first element in the dropdown list and we will
make that first element selected
$('#ddluser
  option:eq(0)').attr('selected', 'selected'); 
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If you want to complete example we need to write the code as shown
below
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<head> 
<title>jQuery reset dropdown values in jQuery</title> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
$(function()
  { 
}) 
function resetdropdown() { 
$('#ddluser').find('option:first').attr('selected',
  'selected'); 
} 
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form id="form1"> 
<div> 
<b>Select User:</b> 
<select id="ddluser"> 
<option value="0">Select user</option> 
<option value="1">Suresh Dasari</option> 
<option value="2">Rohini Dasari</option> 
<option value="3">Praveen Alavala</option> 
<option value="4">Sateesh A</option> 
</select> 
<input type="button" id="btnclear" onclick="resetdropdown()" value="Reset
  Dropdown" /> 
</div> 
</form> 
</body> 
</html> 
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Demo
Select User:  | 
 
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3 comments :
Above code not work
Thanks.It helped me a lot & solved my problem.
above demo does not work.
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