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# Wait for Control to Disappear

This action can be used to pause the execution, waiting for the specified control object to disappear off the screen.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Identifier**: indicate a new UI element, or select from the already defined list of selectors.
* **Timeout**: total number of milliseconds the robot will search for the specified control object to appear before aborting the action.
* **Retry Interval:** the number of milliseconds robot will retry finding the specified control object.

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* &#x20;**Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely.&#x20;

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Wait on a website for pop-up to disappear before executing a click in it.
* Wait in a software for a window to disappear before continuing the robot execution.

### **Examples of Using Wait for Control to Disappear**

**Example**&#x20;

Watch the robot in action:

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1rTm3M3gpQ>" %}

You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/mMxBEKK0GkYEwazKKZV2" %}