jQuery error() Method Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025 Suggest changes Share Like Article Like Report jQuery error() method in jQuery is used when an element encounters an error that is the element is not loaded correctly. The error() method attaches a function to run when an error event occurs or it triggers the error event. Syntax: Addition of function in error event:$(selector).error(function)Triggering of error event for some selected elements:$(selector).error()Parameters:function: This parameter is optional and it specifies the function to be run when the error event occurs.Example 1: html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>error() method</title> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("img").error(function () { $("img").replaceWith( "<h3>Error occurs</h3>"); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <center> <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks!.</h1> <div style="background-color:yellow;"> <img src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190220214542/a13.png"> </div> <div style="background-color:green"> <h3> The image will be replaced with specified text if the image above encounters an error. </h3> </div> </center> </body> </html> Output: Example 2: html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>error() method</title> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("img").error(function () { $("img").replaceWith( "<h3>Error </h3>"); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <center> <div style="background-color:green"> <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks!. </h1> </div> <img src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190220220257/a22.png" width="284" height="113"> <h3>Image is replaced with a specified text, if error occur in loading. </h3> </center> </body> </html> Output: Note: This method was removed in jQuery version 3.0. A adeshsingh1 Follow Article Tags : Web Technologies JQuery jQuery-Methods Explore jQuery Tutorial 8 min read Getting Started with jQuery 4 min read jQuery Introduction 7 min read jQuery Syntax 2 min read jQuery CDN 4 min read jQuery SelectorsJQuery Selectors 5 min read jQuery * Selector 1 min read jQuery #id Selector 1 min read jQuery .class Selector 1 min read jQuery EventsjQuery Events 4 min read jQuery bind() Method 2 min read jQuery blur() Method 1 min read jQuery change() Method 2 min read jQuery EffectsjQuery animate() Method 2 min read jQuery clearQueue() Method 2 min read jQuery delay() Method 2 min read jQuery HTML/CSSjQuery addClass() Method 2 min read jQuery after() Method 1 min read jQuery append() Method 2 min read jQuery TraversingjQuery | Traversing 4 min read jQuery add() method 1 min read jQuery addBack() Method 2 min read My Profile ${profileImgHtml} My Profile Edit Profile My Courses Join Community Transactions Logout Like