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ServiceWorkerRegistration.unregister()

The unregister() method of the ServiceWorkerRegistration interface unregisters the service worker registration and returns a Promise. The promise will resolve to false if no registration was found, otherwise it resolves to true irrespective of whether unregistration happened or not (it may not unregister if someone else just called ServiceWorkerContainer.register() with the same scope.) The service worker will finish any ongoing operations before it is unregistered.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

unregister()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Promise resolves with a boolean indicating whether the service worker has unregistered or not.

Examples

The following simple example registers a service worker example, but then immediately unregisters it again:

if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
  navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw-test/sw.js', {scope: 'sw-test'}).then(function(registration) {
    // registration worked
    console.log('Registration succeeded.');
    registration.unregister().then(function(boolean) {
      // if boolean = true, unregister is successful
    });
  }).catch(function(error) {
    // registration failed
    console.log('Registration failed with ' + error);
  });
};

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
unregister
40
17
44
Extended Support Releases (ESR) before Firefox 78 ESR do not support service workers and the Push API.
No
27
11.1
40
40
44
27
11.3
4.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorkerRegistration/unregister