jQuery Remove CSS Class from all Descendants at once

Question

Can I remove a specific CSS class from all XYZ elements within an element at once?

Example: Remove CSS class active from all

Answer 1

A more generic solution to remove the class from any possible element.

// I like to use find as I usually have my wrapper in a variable.
$('#my-wrapper').find('.active').removeClass('active');

Or

$('#my-wrapper .active').removeClass('active');

This will affect all elements within the wrapper: span, h3, div, li, td, etc. With html 5 there are now over 100 possible tags.