jQuery clearQueue() Method

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The jQuery clearQueue() method removes all items from the queue that have not yet been run. Note that when a function has started to run, it runs until it is completed. 

Syntax:

$(selector).clearQueue(name);

Here "selector" is the selected element. 

Parameter: It accepts a parameter "name" which is the name of the function. 

jQuery examples to show the working of clearQueue() method:
Example 1: In the below code, animation method is cleared. 

HTML 

<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js">
    script>
    <script>
        < !--jQuery code to demonstrate clearQueue method-- >
            $(document).ready(function () {
    < !--click button to start animation-- >
                    $("#b1").click(function () {
                        $("div").animate({
                            height: 200
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            width: 200
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            height: 100
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            width: 100
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            height: 200
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            width: 200
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            height: 100
                        }, 2000);
                        $("div").animate({
                            width: 100
                        }, 2000);
                    });
    < !--button to stop animation-- >
                    $("#b2").click(function () {
                        $("div").clearQueue();
                    });
            });
    script>
    <style>
        div {
            background: green;
            height: 100px;
            width: 100px;
        }

        button {
            margin-top: 10px;
        }
    style>
head>

<body>
    <div>div>
    
    <button id="b1">Start !button>
    
    <button id="b2">Stop !button>
body>

html>

Output: 

 

Example 2: In this example, the border will expand

HTML 

<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
    <script>
        < !--jQuery code to demonstrate clearQueue method-- >
            $(document).ready(function () {
                $(".b1").click(function () {
                    $("p").animate({
                        borderRightWidth: "5px"
                    });
                    $("p").animate({
                        borderTopWidth: "5px"
                    });
                    $("p").animate({
                        borderLeftWidth: "5px"
                    });
                    $("p").animate({
                        borderBottomWidth: "5px"
                    });
                });
                $(".b2").click(function () {
                    $("p").clearQueue();
                });
            });
    script>
    <style>
        p {
            display: block;
            width: 150px;
            border: 1px solid green;
            padding: 10px;
        }
    style>
head>

<body>
    <p>This is a paragraph.p>
    
    <button class="b1">Startbutton>
    
    <button class="b2">Stopbutton>
body>

html>

Output: 

 
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