# How to disconnect a websocket?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [22 April 2019 00:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412 "2019-04-22T00:57:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![laowangnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@laowangnj](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/laowangnj)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2019 00:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412/1 "2019-04-22T00:57:48Z")

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Some error occour in the flow, how to disconnect this websocket or release from OS.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2019 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412/2 "2019-04-22T11:28:43Z")

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Welcome.

Websockets are attached to the ExpressJS app - so stopping the Node-RED server will kill off all of them.

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**Author:** ![laowangnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@laowangnj](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/laowangnj)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2019 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412/3 "2019-04-23T09:03:45Z")

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Thanks,  
But, just one of websocket is to be released, how

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2019 09:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disconnect-a-websocket/10412/4 "2019-04-23T09:24:32Z")

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Could you give us more information about the problem you are seeing?