Worker: terminate() method

Available in workers

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

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.

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

myWorker.terminate();

[!NOTE] DedicatedWorkers and SharedWorkers can also be stopped from the Worker instance using the close() or close() methods.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Worker interface
• close()
• close()