This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Note: This feature is only available in Web Workers.
The clearInterval() method of the WorkerGlobalScope interface cancels a timed, repeating action which was previously established by a call to setInterval(). If the parameter provided does not identify a previously established action, this method does nothing.
clearInterval(intervalID)
intervalIDThe identifier of the repeated action you want to cancel. This ID was returned by the corresponding call to setInterval().
It's worth noting that the pool of IDs used by setInterval() and setTimeout() are shared, which means you can technically use clearInterval() and clearTimeout() interchangeably. However, for clarity, you should avoid doing so.
None (undefined).
See setInterval() for examples.
| Specification |
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| HTML> # dom-clearinterval-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
clearInterval |
1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
worker_support |
3 | 12 | 3.5 | ≤12.1 | 4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 5 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5 |
Window.clearInterval()WorkerGlobalScope.setInterval()WorkerGlobalScope.clearTimeout()DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.cancelAnimationFrame()
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerGlobalScope/clearInterval