92. not() function in XPath Expressions (Selenium Java 2026)

not() XPath Function not() is used to select elements that do NOT match a condition. Practical Demonstration: Locate the paragraph which doesn't have a specific id //p[not(@id='para1')] Locate the paragraph which doesn't have specific text //p[not(text()='Another paragraph of text')] Locate the paragraph which doesn't contain certain text //p[not(contains(text(),'Another'))] Locate the checkbox fields which are not selected //input[@type='checkbox'][not(@checked)] Locate the text fields which are not disabled //input[@type='text'][not(@disabled)]