<discard>

The <discard> SVG element allows authors to specify the time at which particular elements are to be discarded, thereby reducing the resources required by an SVG user agent. This is particularly useful to help SVG viewers conserve memory while displaying long-running documents.

The <discard> element may occur wherever the <animate> element may.

Usage context

Categories	Animation element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements `<script>`

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

begin
href (but note that <discard> has never supported xlink:href)

Specifications

Specification
SVG Animations Level 2 (SVG Animations 2) # DiscardElement

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`discard`	34-81	79-81	No	No	21-68	No	37-81	34-81	No	21-58	No	2.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/discard