Deletes all visits from the browser's history.
This function triggers history.onVisitRemoved just once, with allHistory set to true and an empty urls argument.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
history.deleteAll()
Syntax
let deletingAll = browser.history.deleteAll()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise will be fulfilled with no parameters when all history has been deleted.
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
deleteAll |
Yes | 79 | 49 | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
Examples
Delete all history when the user clicks a browser action:
function onDeleteAll() {
console.log("Deleted all history");
}
function deleteAllHistory() {
let deletingAll = browser.history.deleteAll();
deletingAll.then(onDeleteAll);
}
deleteAllHistory();
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.history API. This documentation is derived from history.json in the Chromium code.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/history/deleteAll