SharedWorkerGlobalScope: close() method

{{APIRef("Web Workers API")}}

The close() method of the {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}} interface discards any tasks queued in the SharedWorkerGlobalScope's event loop, effectively closing this particular scope.

Syntax

close()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

If you want to close your worker instance from inside the worker itself, you can call the following:

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 {{domxref("Worker.terminate")}} method.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

{{domxref("DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope")}}