socket.io Removing specific listener

February 4, 2023 by Tarik

//To unsubscribe all listeners of an event
socket.off('event-name');

//to unsubscribe a certain listener
socket.off('event-name', listener);

Note that socket.off, socket.removeListener, socket.removeAllListeners, socket.removeEventListener are synonyms.

This is tested on socket.io v1.4.3