jQuery :checked Selector (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The **jQuery ****:checked selector** is used to select all checked checkboxes, radio buttons, and options of select elements.

**Note: To retrieve only the selected options of select elements, use:selected selector.

**Syntax:

$(":checked")

The below examples illustrate the ****: checked selector** in jQuery:

**Example 1: This example applies CSS to all checked elements(in this example, checkboxes).

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**Output:

**Example 2: This example uses checked selector on radio buttons.

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jQuery | :checked Selector

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**Output: