Stop a Jquery/Javascript timer

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I know this can't be that difficult, but I swear I can't find a straight forward answer to this. I have the following javascript/jquery function that starts a timer:

function startTimer() { (function ($) {
    //timer for the box
    window.timer = window.setInterval(function() {
       $(".region-brand-window").timer();
    }, 10000);

    jQuery.fn.timer = function() {
       changeBrandOnTimer();
    }
})(jQuery); }

How do I stop this thing? And I don't mean pause. I mean turn it off from another function.

clearInterval(timer) should do it. Or if timer is defined in the scope your using it in, you could do clearInterval(window.timer) — user400654
– user400654, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 20:29

j08691 · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 20:29:21Z

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clearInterval(window.timer);

Should do it.

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 20:29

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Kelvin · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 20:29:34Z

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To cancel an interval, you would use:

clearInterval(window.timer);

FYI, if it was a timeout you would use clearTimeout() in the same way.

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epascarello · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 20:29:25Z

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use window.clearInterval(intervalID)

window.clearInterval(window.timer)

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Anoop · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 20:31:24Z

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call stopTimer whenever you want to stop timer.

    function startTimer() { (function ($) {
        //timer for the box
        window.timer = window.setInterval(function() {
           $(".region-brand-window").timer();
        }, 10000);

        jQuery.fn.timer = function() {
           changeBrandOnTimer();
        }
    })(jQuery); } 

   function stopTimer(){
           clearInterval(timer );
   }

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 20:31

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