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title: "Which is the fastest selector and slowest selector in jQuery?"  
description: "Which is the fastest selector and slowest selector in jQuery?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-18  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "javascript"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
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# Which is the fastest selector and slowest selector in jQuery?

ID and Element are the fastest selectors and Class selectors are the slowest selectors in jQuery.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

ID and Element are the fastest selectors and Class selectors are the slowest selectors in jQuery.\


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