HTMLMediaElement: ended event

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.

The ended event is fired when playback or streaming has stopped because the end of the media was reached or because no further data is available.

This event occurs based upon HTMLMediaElement (<audio> and <video>) fire ended when playback reaches the end of the media.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Note: The ended event doesn't fire if the loop property is true and playbackRate is non-negative.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("ended", (event) => {});

onended = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's ended event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("ended", (event) => {
  console.log(
    "Video stopped either because it has finished playing or no further data is available.",
  );
});

Using the onended event handler property:

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.onended = (event) => {
  console.log(
    "Video stopped either because it has finished playing or no further data is available.",
  );
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-ended
HTML
# handler-onended

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ended event

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