---
title: "removeEventListener(eventType, listener, thisObject)"
framework: mapkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: mapkitjs/mapkiteventtarget/removeeventlistener
---

# removeEventListener(eventType, listener, thisObject)

Unsubscribes a listener function from an event type.

## Declaration

```data
removeEventListener(
        eventType?: string,
        listener?: MapKitEventListener,
        thisObject?: object | null,
    ): boolean;
```

## Parameters

- `type`: The type of event, for example, a "configuration-change".
- `listener`: The callback function to remove. Not setting this parameter removes all listeners of the specified type.
- `thisObject`: An object MapKit JS sets as the this keyword on the listener function.

## Discussion

Discussion Unlike a DOM EventTarget, a MapKitEventTarget doesn’t go through bubbling or capturing phases. The system also interprets the second and the third parameters differently from the DOM’s EventTarget.