EventTarget.detachEvent()

Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

Summary

This is a proprietary Microsoft Internet Explorer alternative to the standard EventTarget.removeEventListener() method.

Syntax

JavaScript
target.detachEvent(eventNameWithOn, callback)
target
The DOM element to detach the event handler from
eventNameWithOn
The name of the event whose handler is to be detached, prefixed with "on" (as if it were an event handler attribute). For example, you would use "onclick" to detach an event handler for the click event.
callback
Event handler callback function to deregister.

Specification

Not part of any specification.

Microsoft has a description on MSDN.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support No support No support 6 thru 10 [1] ? No support
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support No support No support ? ? No support

[1]: detachEvent() is no longer supported in IE11+. EventTarget.removeEventListener() is supported in IE9+.

See also

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/eventtarget/detachevent

API DOM Method Non-standard