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title	short-title	slug	page-type	status	browser-compat
Summarizer: destroy() method	destroy()	Web/API/Summarizer/destroy	web-api-instance-method	experimental	api.Summarizer.destroy

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The destroy() method of the {{domxref("Summarizer")}} interface destroys the Summarizer instance it is called on.

Syntax

destroy()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

Basic destroy() usage

const summarizer = await Summarizer.create({
  sharedContext:
    "A general summary to help a user decide if the text is worth reading",
  type: "tl;dr",
  length: "short",
});

// ...

summarizer.destroy();

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• Using the Summarizer API
• Web AI demos on chrome.dev.