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HTML

<a href=#>clickable</a>

<br/>
<input type="button" value="make non clickable" onclick="makeUnClickable()" />
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<input type="button" value="make clickable" onclick="makeClickable()" />

JavaScript

function makeUnClickable() {
    $('a').each(function () {
        $(this).data('href', $(this).attr('href'));
        $(this).removeAttr('href');
    });
}

function makeClickable() {
    $('a').each(function () {
        $(this).attr('href', $(this).data('href'));
    });
}