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Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The abort() method of the BackgroundFetchRegistration interface aborts an active background fetch.
abort()
None.
A Promise that resolves with true if the fetch is successfully aborted.
Use abort() to terminate a background fetch that is in progress.
bgFetch.abort();
| Specification |
|---|
| Background Fetch> # background-fetch-registration-abort> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
abort |
74 | 79 | No | 62 | No | 74 | No | 53 | No | 11.0 | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BackgroundFetchRegistration/abort