Document: exitPictureInPicture() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The exitPictureInPicture() method of the Document interface requests that a video contained in this document, which is currently floating, be taken out of picture-in-picture mode, restoring the previous state of the screen. This usually reverses the effects of a previous call to HTMLVideoElement.requestPictureInPicture().

Syntax

js
exitPictureInPicture()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise, which is resolved once the user agent has finished exiting picture-in-picture mode. If an error occurs while attempting to exit fullscreen mode, the catch() handler for the promise is called.

Exceptions

InvalidStateError DOMException

Thrown if document.pictureInPictureElement is null.

Examples

This example causes the current document to exit picture-in-picture mode whenever the mouse button is clicked within it.

js
document.onclick = (event) => {
  if (document.pictureInPictureElement) {
    document
      .exitPictureInPicture()
      .then(() => console.log("Document Exited from Picture-in-Picture mode"))
      .catch((err) => console.error(err));
  } else {
    video.requestPictureInPicture();
  }
};

Note that if you want to track which video on your page is currently playing in picture-in-picture mode, you should listen to the enterpictureinpicture and leavepictureinpicture events on the HTMLVideoElement element(s) in question. Alternatively, you can check whether Document.pictureInPictureElement refers to the current HTMLVideoElement element.

Specifications

Specification
Picture-in-Picture
# dom-document-exitpictureinpicture

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
exitPictureInPicture
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 69 (Release date: 2018-09-04)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 1463402
Opera – Full support
Opera 56 (Release date: 2018-09-25)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 105 (Release date: 2022-09-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 1463402
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 72 (Release date: 2022-10-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 20 (Release date: 2023-02-10)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

See also