Stop setInterval call in JavaScript

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setInterval() returns an interval ID, which you can pass to clearInterval():

var refreshIntervalId = setInterval(fname, 10000);

/* later */
clearInterval(refreshIntervalId);

See the docs for setInterval() and clearInterval().

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