Sometimes, we want to stop setInterval with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to stop setInterval with JavaScript.
How to stop setInterval with JavaScript?
To stop setInterval with JavaScript, we call clearInterval
.
For instance, we write
let interval;
//...
interval = setInterval(updateDiv, 3000);
//...
clearInterval(interval);
to call setInterval
with a callback and period to return a timer ID number.
And then we call clearInterval
with the timer ID number to clear the timer.
Conclusion
To stop setInterval with JavaScript, we call clearInterval
.