removeEventListener method

Description

Removes an event listener previously registered through the addEventListener method. This also free-up the corresponding ressources.

The callback given is optional: if not given, every registered callback to that event will be removed.

For example, to add then remove an event listener for the "playerStateChange" event, you can write:

const onPlayerStateChange = (state) => {
  console.log("new player state:", state);
};
player.addEventListener("playerStateChange", onPlayerStateChange);
player.removeEventListener("playerStateChange", onPlayerStateChange);

Syntax

// Remove all callbacks linked to event
player.removeEventListener(event);

// Remove specific listener
player.removeEventListener(event, callback);

• arguments:

  1. event string: The event name.

  2. callback (optional) Function|undefined: The callback given when calling the corresponding addEventListener API.