Here is a React Hooks specific solution for
Error
Warning: Can't perform a React state update on an unmounted component.
Solution
You can declare let isMounted = true inside useEffect, which will be changed in the cleanup callback, as soon as the component is unmounted. Before state updates, you now check this variable conditionally:
useEffect(() => { let isMounted = true; // note mutable flag someAsyncOperation().then(data => { if (isMounted) setState(data); // add conditional check }) return () => { isMounted = false }; // cleanup toggles value, if unmounted }, []); // adjust dependencies to your needs const Parent = () => { const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(true); return ( <div> Parent: <button onClick={() => setMounted(!mounted)}> {mounted ? "Unmount" : "Mount"} Child </button> {mounted && <Child />} <p> Unmount Child, while it is still loading. It won't set state later on, so no error is triggered. </p> </div> ); }; const Child = () => { const [state, setState] = useState("loading (4 sec)..."); useEffect(() => { let isMounted = true; fetchData(); return () => { isMounted = false; }; // simulate some Web API fetching function fetchData() { setTimeout(() => { // drop "if (isMounted)" to trigger error again // (take IDE, doesn't work with stack snippet) if (isMounted) setState("data fetched") else console.log("aborted setState on unmounted component") }, 4000); } }, []); return <div>Child: {state}</div>; }; ReactDOM.render(<Parent />, document.getElementById("root"));<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.13.0/umd/react.production.min.js" integrity="sha256-32Gmw5rBDXyMjg/73FgpukoTZdMrxuYW7tj8adbN8z4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.13.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" integrity="sha256-bjQ42ac3EN0GqK40pC9gGi/YixvKyZ24qMP/9HiGW7w=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <div id="root"></div> <script>var { useReducer, useEffect, useState, useRef } = React</script>Extension: Custom useAsync Hook
We can encapsulate all the boilerplate into a custom Hook, that automatically aborts async functions in case the component unmounts or dependency values have changed before:
function useAsync(asyncFn, onSuccess) { useEffect(() => { let isActive = true; asyncFn().then(data => { if (isActive) onSuccess(data); }); return () => { isActive = false }; }, [asyncFn, onSuccess]); } // custom Hook for automatic abortion on unmount or dependency change // You might add onFailure for promise errors as well. function useAsync(asyncFn, onSuccess) { useEffect(() => { let isActive = true; asyncFn().then(data => { if (isActive) onSuccess(data) else console.log("aborted setState on unmounted component") }); return () => { isActive = false; }; }, [asyncFn, onSuccess]); } const Child = () => { const [state, setState] = useState("loading (4 sec)..."); useAsync(simulateFetchData, setState); return <div>Child: {state}</div>; }; const Parent = () => { const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(true); return ( <div> Parent: <button onClick={() => setMounted(!mounted)}> {mounted ? "Unmount" : "Mount"} Child </button> {mounted && <Child />} <p> Unmount Child, while it is still loading. It won't set state later on, so no error is triggered. </p> </div> ); }; const simulateFetchData = () => new Promise( resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve("data fetched"), 4000)); ReactDOM.render(<Parent />, document.getElementById("root"));<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.13.0/umd/react.production.min.js" integrity="sha256-32Gmw5rBDXyMjg/73FgpukoTZdMrxuYW7tj8adbN8z4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.13.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" integrity="sha256-bjQ42ac3EN0GqK40pC9gGi/YixvKyZ24qMP/9HiGW7w=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <div id="root"></div> <script>var { useReducer, useEffect, useState, useRef } = React</script>More on effect cleanups: Overreacted: A Complete Guide to useEffect