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---
title: WindowTimers
slug: conflicting/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope
tags:
- API
- HTML DOM
- Interface
- Intervals
- Mixin
- NeedsTranslation
- Reference
- Timers
- TopicStub
- Workers
translation_of: Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope
translation_of_original: Web/API/WindowTimers
original_slug: Web/API/WindowTimers
---
<div>{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}</div>
<p><code><strong>WindowTimers</strong></code> is a mixin used to provide utility methods which set and clear timers. No objects of this type exist; instead, its methods are available on {{domxref("Window")}} for the standard browsing scope, or on {{domxref("WorkerGlobalScope")}} for workers.</p>
<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>
<p><em>This interface neither inherits nor provides any properties.</em></p>
<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>
<p><em>This interface does not inherit any methods. It offers the following methods.</em></p>
<dl>
<dt>{{domxref("WindowTimers.clearInterval()")}}</dt>
<dd>Cancels the repeated execution set using {{domxref("WindowTimers.setInterval()")}}.</dd>
<dt>{{domxref("WindowTimers.clearTimeout()")}}</dt>
<dd>Cancels the delayed execution set using {{domxref("WindowTimers.setTimeout()")}}.</dd>
<dt>{{domxref("WindowTimers.setInterval()")}}</dt>
<dd>Schedules a function to execute every time a given number of milliseconds elapses.</dd>
<dt>{{domxref("WindowTimers.setTimeout()")}}</dt>
<dd>Schedules a function to execute in a given amount of time.</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Specification</th>
<th scope="col">Status</th>
<th scope="col">Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', '#windowtimers', 'WindowTimers')}}</td>
<td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
<td>No change since the latest snapshot, {{SpecName("HTML5.1")}}.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>{{SpecName('HTML5.1', '#windowtimers', 'WindowTimers')}}</td>
<td>{{Spec2('HTML5.1')}}</td>
<td>Snapshot of {{SpecName("HTML WHATWG")}}. No change.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>{{SpecName("HTML5 W3C", "#windowtimers", "WindowTimers")}}</td>
<td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
<td>Snapshot of {{SpecName("HTML WHATWG")}}. Creation of <code>WindowBase64</code> (properties where on the target before it).</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Feature</th>
<th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
<th>Chrome</th>
<th>Internet Explorer</th>
<th>Opera</th>
<th>Safari</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Basic support</td>
<td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1)}}</td>
<td>1.0</td>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>1.0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Feature</th>
<th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
<th>Android</th>
<th>IE Mobile</th>
<th>Opera Mobile</th>
<th>Safari Mobile</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Basic support</td>
<td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1)}}</td>
<td rowspan="1">{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
<td rowspan="1">{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
<td rowspan="1">{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
<td rowspan="1">{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p> </p>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>{{domxref("Window")}}, {{domxref("WorkerGlobalScope")}}, {{domxref("DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope")}}, {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}}, and {{domxref("ServiceWorkerGlobalScope")}}</li>
</ul>
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