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Window: cancelIdleCallback() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The window.cancelIdleCallback() method cancels a callback previously scheduled with window.requestIdleCallback().

Syntax

cancelIdleCallback(handle)

Parameters

handle

The ID value returned by window.requestIdleCallback() when the callback was established.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

See our complete example in the article Cooperative Scheduling of Background Tasks API.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
cancelIdleCallback 47 79 55 34 No 47 55 34 No 5.0 47 No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/cancelIdleCallback