The terminate()
method of the Worker
interface immediately terminates the Worker
. This does not offer the worker an opportunity to finish its operations; it is stopped at once.
The terminate()
method of the Worker
interface immediately terminates the Worker
. This does not offer the worker an opportunity to finish its operations; it is stopped at once.
js
terminate()
None.
None (undefined
).
The following code snippet shows creation of a Worker
object using the Worker()
constructor, which is then immediately terminated.
js
const myWorker = new Worker("worker.js"); myWorker.terminate();
Note: DedicatedWorkers and SharedWorkers can also be stopped from the Worker
instance using the DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.close()
or SharedWorkerGlobalScope.close()
methods.
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-worker-terminate-dev |
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
terminate |
2 | 12 | 3.5 | 10 | 10.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Worker/terminate