Worker: terminate() method

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

The terminate() method of the {{domxref("Worker")}} interface immediately terminates the {{domxref("Worker")}}. This does not offer the worker an opportunity to finish its operations; it is stopped at once.

Syntax

terminate()

Parameters

None.

Return value

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

Examples

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

const myWorker = new Worker("worker.js");

myWorker.terminate();

[!NOTE] DedicatedWorkers and SharedWorkers can also be stopped from the {{domxref("Worker")}} instance using the {{domxref("DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.close()")}} or {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope.close()")}} methods.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Worker")}} interface
• {{domxref("DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.close()")}}
• {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope.close()")}}