FileReader: abort() method

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.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The abort() method of the FileReader interface aborts the read operation. Upon return, the readyState will be DONE.

Syntax

abort()

None.

Specification
File API # abort

	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Deno
`abort`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 6 (Release date: 2010-09-02) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 3.6 (Release date: 2010-01-21) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 11 (Release date: 2010-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 32 (Release date: 2014-09-02) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 11 (Release date: 2011-03-22) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support	Deno – Full support Deno 1.3 (Release date: 2020-08-13) footnote Full support

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