# Close local consumer should also close remote consumer?

**URL:** <https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/close-local-consumer-should-also-close-remote-consumer/2704>\
**Category:** mediasoup libraries\
**Created:** [April 17, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/close-local-consumer-should-also-close-remote-consumer/2704 "2021-04-17T18:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![xplatsolutions](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/xplatsolutions/32/939_2.png) [@xplatsolutions](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/xplatsolutions)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/close-local-consumer-should-also-close-remote-consumer/2704/1 "2021-04-17T18:26:44Z")

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When I close all local consumers I am not sending any command to mediasoup nodejs server to close remote consumers, is this something I should be doing (per the documentation it says yes, [mediasoup :: API](https://mediasoup.org/documentation/v3/mediasoup-client/api/#consumer-close)) or mediasoup will handle it?

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**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/close-local-consumer-should-also-close-remote-consumer/2704/2 "2021-04-17T18:52:33Z")

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This is explained in the documentation. See the “Communicating client and server” section.