# XMLHttpRequest .abort()

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xmlhttprequest-abort/240737>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xmlhttprequest-abort/240737 "2007-10-05T15:54:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![voxecho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@voxecho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/voxecho)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xmlhttprequest-abort/240737/1 "2007-10-05T15:54:47Z")

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when using ajax in async mode, shouldn’t conObj.abort() cancel the request?

has anyone found that this aborting takes a very long time?