JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p><a id="google" href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a></p>
<p><a id="yahoo" href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</a></p>
<p><a id="ask" href="http://www.ask.com/">Ask</a></p>
<p><a id="icerocket" href="http://www.icerocket.com/">Icerocket</a></p>

JavaScript

var validLinkIds = ["google", "ask"];

$("a").filter(function() {
        if ($.inArray($(this).attr('id'), validLinkIds) < 0)
            $(this).removeAttr('href');
});