MediaStream: removetrack 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 2020.

The removetrack event is fired when a new MediaStreamTrack object has been removed from a MediaStream.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

js
addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => { })

onremovetrack = (event) => { }

Event type

A MediaStreamTrackEvent. Inherits from Event.

Event MediaStreamTrackEvent

Event properties

Also inherits properties from its parent interface, Event.

MediaStreamTrackEvent.track Read only

A MediaStreamTrack object representing the track which was removed from the stream.

Examples

Using addEventListener():

js
const stream = new MediaStream();

stream.addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => {
  console.log(`${event.track.kind} track removed`);
});

Using the onremovetrack event handler property:

js
const stream = new MediaStream();

stream.onremovetrack = (event) => {
  console.log(`${event.track.kind} track removed`);
};

Specifications

Specification
Media Capture and Streams
# event-mediastream-removetrack

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
removetrack event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 26 (Release date: 2013-03-26)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 59 – 71 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Partial support
footnote Before Firefox 72, the event handler was exposed but had no effect.
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 72 (Release date: 2020-01-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 26 (Release date: 2013-04-03)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Partial support
Firefox for Android 59 – 68 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Partial support
footnote Before Firefox for Android 79, the event handler was exposed but had no effect.
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
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See also