browsingData.remove()
Removes the specified browsing data.
The browsing data to be removed is specified in the dataTypes
option, which is a browsingData.DataTypeSet
object.
You can use the removalOptions
option, which is a browsingData.RemovalOptions
object, to control how far back in time to remove data and whether to remove data only from normal web pages or to remove data from hosted apps and extensions as well.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
js
let removing = browser.browsingData.remove(
removalOptions, // RemovalOptions object
dataTypes // DataTypeSet object
)
Parameters
removalOptions
-
object
. AbrowsingData.RemovalOptions
object, which may be used to control how far back in time to remove data, and whether to remove data from hosted web apps and extensions, or just normal web pages. dataTypes
-
object
. AbrowsingData.DataTypeSet
object, describing the types of data to remove (e.g. history, downloads, …).
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with no arguments when the removal has finished. If any error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.
Examples
Remove download history and browsing history for the last week:
js
function onRemoved() {
console.log("removed");
}
function onError(error) {
console.error(error);
}
function weekInMilliseconds() {
return 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
}
let oneWeekAgo = new Date().getTime() - weekInMilliseconds();
browser.browsingData
.remove({ since: oneWeekAgo }, { downloads: true, history: true })
.then(onRemoved, onError);
Remove all download and browsing history:
js
function onRemoved() {
console.log("removed");
}
function onError(error) {
console.error(error);
}
browser.browsingData
.remove({}, { downloads: true, history: true })
.then(onRemoved, onError);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browsingData
API.