Enables extensions to clear the data that is accumulated while the user is browsing.
In the browsingData
API, browsing data is divided into types:
- browser cache
- cookies
- downloads
- history
- local storage
- plugin data
- saved form data
- saved passwords
You can use the browsingData.remove()
function to remove any combination of these types. There are also dedicated functions to remove each particular type of data, such as removePasswords()
, removeHistory()
and so on.
All the browsingData.remove[X]()
functions take a browsingData.RemovalOptions
object, which you can use to control two further aspects of data removal:
- how far back in time to remove data
- whether to remove data only from normal web pages, or also from hosted web apps and add-ons. Note that this option is not yet supported in Firefox.
Finally, this API gives you a browsingData.settings()
function that gives you the current value of the settings for the browser's built-in "Clear History" feature.
To use this API you must have the "browsingData" API permission.