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NavigationPreloadManager: disable() method

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Secure contextAvailable in workers

The disable() method of the NavigationPreloadManager interface halts the automatic preloading of service-worker-managed resources previously started using enable() It returns a promise that resolves with undefined.

The method may be called in the service worker’s activate event handler (before the fetch event handler can be called).

Syntax

disable()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that resolves with undefined.

Exceptions

Examples

The code below shows how to disable preloading, after first using navigationPreload to test that it is supported.

addEventListener("activate", (event) => {
  event.waitUntil(
    (async () => {
      if (self.registration.navigationPreload) {
        // Disable navigation preloads!
        await self.registration.navigationPreload.disable();
      }
    })(),
  );
});

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also

enable()