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history.deleteUrl()

Removes all visits to the given URL from the browser history.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

let deletingUrl = browser.history.deleteUrl(
  details         // object
)

Parameters

details

object. Object containing the URL whose visits to remove.

url

string. The URL whose visits should be removed.

Return value

A Promise will be fulfilled with no parameters when the visits have been removed.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

Remove all visits to "https://example.org/" from history, then check that this URL no longer returned from history.search():

let urlToRemove = "https://example.org/";

function onGot(results) {
  if (!results.length) {
    console.log(`${urlToRemove} was removed`);
  } else {
    console.log(`${urlToRemove} was not removed`);
  }
}

function onRemoved() {
  let searching = browser.history.search({
    text: urlToRemove,
    startTime: 0
  });

  searching.then(onGot);
}

let deletingUrl = browser.history.deleteUrl({url: urlToRemove});

deletingUrl.then(onRemoved);

Remove the last-visited page from history, with a listener to history.onVisitRemoved to log the URL of the removed page:

function onRemoved(removeInfo) {
  if (removeInfo.urls.length) {
    console.log(`Removed: ${removeInfo.urls[0]}`);
  }
}

browser.history.onVisitRemoved.addListener(onRemoved);

function onGot(results) {
  if (results.length) {
    console.log(`Removing: ${results[0].url}`);
    browser.history.deleteUrl({url: results[0].url});
  }
}

let searching = browser.history.search({
  text: "",
  startTime: 0,
  maxResults: 1
});

searching.then(onGot);

Example extensions

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/deleteUrl