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Document: exitFullscreen() method

The Document method exitFullscreen() requests that the element on this document which is currently being presented in fullscreen mode be taken out of fullscreen mode, restoring the previous state of the screen. This usually reverses the effects of a previous call to Element.requestFullscreen().

Syntax

js

exitFullscreen()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise which is resolved once the user agent has finished exiting fullscreen mode. If an error occurs while attempting to exit fullscreen mode, the catch() handler for the promise is called.

Examples

This example causes the current document to toggle in and out of a fullscreen presentation whenever the mouse button is clicked within it.

js

document.onclick = (event) => {
  if (document.fullscreenElement) {
    document
      .exitFullscreen()
      .then(() => console.log("Document Exited from Full screen mode"))
      .catch((err) => console.error(err));
  } else {
    document.documentElement.requestFullscreen();
  }
};

Note: For a more complete example, see the Element.requestFullscreen() examples.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
exitFullscreen 7115 791212–14 649 11 581512.1–15 16.45.1 71≤37 7118 649 501412.1–14
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.0
returns_promise 69 79 64 No 56 16.4 69 69 64 48 16.4 10.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/exitFullscreen