Worker: terminate() method

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

js
terminate()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

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.

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-worker-terminate-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also