Crypto: subtle property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The Crypto.subtle read-only property returns a SubtleCrypto which can then be used to perform low-level cryptographic operations.

Value

A SubtleCrypto object you can use to interact with the Web Crypto API's low-level cryptography features.

Specifications

Specification
Web Cryptography API
# Crypto-attribute-subtle

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobileserver
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
subtle
Secure context required

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Full support
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