Sometimes, we want to properly unload or destroy a video element with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to properly unload or destroy a video element with JavaScript.
How to properly unload or destroy a video element with JavaScript?
To properly unload or destroy a video element with JavaScript, we remove the src attribute from the video element.
For instance, we write
const videoElement = document.getElementById("id_of_the_video_element_here");
videoElement.pause();
videoElement.removeAttribute("src");
videoElement.load();
to get the video element with getElementById.
Then we call removeAttribute to remove the src attribute from the video element to unload it.
Conclusion
To properly unload or destroy a video element with JavaScript, we remove the src attribute from the video element.
