Angular: Empty Fiddle http://angularjs.org/ by Faisal Pathan September 05, 2018 HTML <h1> Remove first empty option from dropdown </h1> <div ng-controller="MyCtrl"> <select ng-model='form.type' required ng-options='option.value as option.name for option in typeOptions'></select> </div> JavaScript var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]); function MyCtrl($scope) { $scope.typeOptions = [ { name: 'Feature', value: 'feature' }, { name: 'Bug', value: 'bug' }, { name: 'Enhancement', value: 'enhancement' } ]; $scope.form = {type : $scope.typeOptions[0].value}; }