index.md

title	short-title	slug	page-type	browser-compat
HTMLMediaElement: pause() method	pause()	Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/pause	web-api-instance-method	api.HTMLMediaElement.pause

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The HTMLMediaElement.pause() method will pause playback of the media, if the media is already in a paused state this method will have no effect.

Syntax

pause()

Parameters

None.

Return value

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

Exceptions

None.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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