I would like to modify the class of certain elements of my sidebar when some user clicks on a tab. In short, change the class of the sidebar elements to current class + " active"

I have implemented a partially working solution as I could after doing some research on my own.

This part of the code is key:

$(".setActive").click(function() {
            $(".sidebar-item:contains('"+$(this).attr("data-target")+"')").parent().parent().addClass(' active');
})

Actually, with that line of code, I change the class to active but there is a problem:

• I don't know how to remove the active class from the previously visited sidebar elements, then I am getting something like this:

How can I solve this issue?

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