Worker.terminate()

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.

Syntax

myWorker.terminate();

Parameters

None.

Returns

undefined.

Example

The following code snippet shows creation of a Worker object using the Worker() constructor, which is then immediately terminated.

var myWorker = new Worker('worker.js');

myWorker.terminate();

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-worker-terminate-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also

The Worker interface it belongs to.