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 unobserve() method of the IntersectionObserver interface 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.
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const observer = new IntersectionObserver(callback);
observer.observe(document.getElementById("elementToObserve"));
// …
observer.unobserve(document.getElementById("elementToObserve"));
Specifications
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- See implementation notes.