HTMLInputElement: defaultValue property - Web APIs | MDN

Value

A string representing the default, or original, value of the <input> element.

Example

Given the following HTML:

html

<label for="planet">Which planet were you born on?</label>
<input id="planet" type="text" value="Azarath" />

The following will provide the same results, no matter what the user enters into the text input.

js

const inputElement = document.querySelector("#planet");
console.log(`Original value: ${inputElement.defaultValue}`); // "Original value: Azarath"

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-input-defaultvalue

Browser compatibility

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