files/en-us/web/api/paymentrequest/abort/index.md
{{securecontext_header}}{{APIRef("Payment Request API")}}
The PaymentRequest.abort() method of the {{domxref('PaymentRequest')}}
interface causes the user agent to end the payment request and to remove any user
interface that might be shown.
abort()
None.
None ({{jsxref('undefined')}}).
The following example sets up a timeout to clear the payment request that might have been abandoned or neglected.
const request = new PaymentRequest(supportedInstruments, details, options);
const paymentTimeout = setTimeout(
() => {
clearTimeout(paymentTimeout);
request
.abort()
.then(() => {
print("Payment timed out after 20 minutes.");
})
.catch(() => {
print(
"Unable to abort, because the user is currently in the process " +
"of paying.",
);
});
},
20 * 60 * 1000,
); /* 20 minutes */
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