puppeteer/docs/api/puppeteer.eventemitter.off.md

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sidebar_label: EventEmitter.off
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# EventEmitter.off() method

Remove an event listener from firing.

#### Signature:

```typescript
class EventEmitter {
  off(event: EventType, handler: Handler<any>): EventEmitter;
}
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type                                         | Description                                     |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| event     | [EventType](./puppeteer.eventtype.md)        | the event type you'd like to stop listening to. |
| handler   | [Handler](./puppeteer.handler.md)&lt;any&gt; | the function that should be removed.            |

**Returns:**

[EventEmitter](./puppeteer.eventemitter.md)

`this` to enable you to chain method calls.