# HTML DOM innerHTML Property

Element Object

## Example

Change the HTML content of a <p> element with id="demo":

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Paragraph changed!";
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## Definition and Usage

The innerHTML property sets or returns the HTML content (inner HTML) of an element.

## Browser Support

Property |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
innerHTML | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes

## Syntax

Return the innerHTML property:

HTMLElementObject.innerHTML

Set the innerHTML property:

HTMLElementObject.innerHTML=text

## Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---
text | Specifies the HTML content of an element

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A String, representing the HTML content of an element

## More Examples

## Example

Get the HTML content of a <p> element with id="myP":

var x = document.getElementById("myP").innerHTML;

The result of x will be:

I am a paragraph.
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## Example

Get the HTML content of a <ul> element with id="myList":

var x = document.getElementById("myList").innerHTML;

The result of x will be:

- Coffee
- Tea

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## Example

Change the HTML content of two elements:

document.getElementById("myP").innerHTML = "Hello Dolly.";
document.getElementById("myDIV").innerHTML = "How are you?";
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## Example

Alert the HTML content of a <p> element with id="demo":

alert(document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML);
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## Example

Delete the HTML content of a <p> element with id="demo":

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = ""; // Replaces the content of <p> with an empty string
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## Example

Change the HTML content, URL, and target of a link:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").innerHTML = "W3Schools";
document.getElementById("myAnchor").href = "http://www.w3schools.com";
document.getElementById("myAnchor").target = "_blank";
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