The close() method of the DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope interface discards any tasks queued in the DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope's event loop, effectively closing this particular scope.
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DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope: close() method
Syntax
js
close()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
If you want to close your worker instance from inside the worker itself, you can call the following:
js
close();
close() and self.close() are effectively equivalent — both represent close() being called from inside the worker's inner scope.
Note: There is also a way to stop the worker from the main thread: the Worker.terminate method.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-dedicatedworkerglobalscope-close-dev |
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 | |
close |
4 | 12 | 3.5 | 10 | 10.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope/close