IntersectionObserver: unobserve() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.
The IntersectionObserver
method
unobserve()
instructs the
IntersectionObserver
to stop observing the specified target
element.
Syntax
js
unobserve(target)
Parameters
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
This snippet shows an observer being created, an element being observed, and then being unobserved.
js
const observer = new IntersectionObserver(callback);
observer.observe(document.getElementById("elementToObserve"));
// …
observer.unobserve(document.getElementById("elementToObserve"));
Specifications
Specification |
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Intersection Observer # dom-intersectionobserver-unobserve |
Browser compatibility
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- Full support
- Full support
- See implementation notes.
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