how to clear checkbox

Question

I want to clear the selection of checkboxes if they click cancel. How can I achive this with this code:

var chkbox= $('#divListBox').find(':checked')
                 .map(function() {
                     return $(this).val();
                 }).get();

Answer 1

This should work:

$('#divListBox').find(':checked').each(function() {
   $(this).removeAttr('checked');
});