---
title: React Turnstile - Handling expiration
---

# Handling expiration

By default, you don't need to handle the widget expiring, unless you set `options.refreshExpired` to `'manual'` or `'never'`.

Here is an example of how to reset the widget when it expires:

```tsx
import { Turnstile } from "@marsidev/react-turnstile";
import type { TurnstileInstance } from "@marsidev/react-turnstile";

export default function Widget() {
  const ref = React.useRef<TurnstileInstance | null>(null);

  return (
    <Turnstile
      ref={ref}
      options={{ refreshExpired: "manual" }}
      siteKey="{{ siteKey }}"
      onExpire={() => ref.current?.reset()}
    />
  );
}
```