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HTML
<select id="edit-rec" class="form-select" multiple="multiple" name="rec[]">
<option value="6012">Test 1</option>
<option value="8436">Test 2</option>
<option value="4689">Test 3</option>
<option value="6784">Test 4</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="butt" id="butt"/>
JavaScript
$("#butt").click(function () {
$("#edit-rec > option").attr("selected",false);
});