How to programmatically "unselect" a row in a grid

[Sven]

Hope I picked the right forum section.. 

we maintain and program a rather large app using kendo ui and jquery based around c# code..

For a certain task I need to unselect some rows from the selection the user has done previously. But a google search only delivers results on "select grid row programmatically"
The grid in question allows multi-select of entire rows. How can I unselect certain rows based on the content of certain data-fields within said rows? 

Thanks in advance

[Patrick | Technical Support Engineer, Senior]

Hi Sven,

Currently, the Kendo UI Grid does not have an unselect method built into the API.  That being said, we have a feature request which asks for this functionality, and I have added a vote on your behalf.  Please feel free to follow it for potential updates, and leave any comments within the thread.

Additionally, it does includes a possible workaround within the comments:

function removeRowSelection(tr) {
    tr.removeClass("k-state-selected");
};
    
removeRowSelection($("#grid tbody tr").eq(0)); 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Patrick
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