browsingData | tridactyl

Use the browser.browsingData API to remove browsing data from a user's local profile.

Permissions: browsingData

Not allowed in: Content scripts, Devtools pages

Interfaces

_RemovalOptionsOriginTypes
_SettingsReturnResult
DataTypeSet
RemovalOptions

Functions

remove
removeAppcache
removeCache
removeCookies
removeDownloads
removeFileSystems
removeFormData
removeHistory
removeIndexedDB
removeLocalStorage
removePasswords
removePluginData
removeWebSQL
settings

Functions

remove

remove(options: RemovalOptions, dataToRemove: DataTypeSet): Promise<void>
Clears various types of browsing data stored in a user's profile.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
- dataToRemove: DataTypeSet
  The set of data types to remove.
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1596

removeAppcache

removeAppcache(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears websites' appcache data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>

Deprecated
Unsupported on Firefox at this time.
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1602

removeCache

removeCache(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's cache.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1605

removeCookies

removeCookies(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's cookies and server-bound certificates modified within a particular timeframe.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1608

removeDownloads

removeDownloads(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's list of downloaded files (not the downloaded files themselves).
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1611

removeFileSystems

removeFileSystems(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears websites' file system data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>

Deprecated
Unsupported on Firefox at this time.
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1617

removeFormData

removeFormData(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's stored form data (autofill).
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1620

removeHistory

removeHistory(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's history.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1623

removeIndexedDB

removeIndexedDB(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears websites' IndexedDB data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>

Deprecated
Unsupported on Firefox at this time.
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1629

removeLocalStorage

removeLocalStorage(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears websites' local storage data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1632

removePasswords

removePasswords(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears the browser's stored passwords.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1638

removePluginData

removePluginData(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears plugins' data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1635

removeWebSQL

removeWebSQL(options: RemovalOptions): Promise<void>
Clears websites' WebSQL data.
Parameters
- options: RemovalOptions
Returns Promise<void>

Deprecated
Unsupported on Firefox at this time.
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1644

settings

settings(): Promise<_SettingsReturnResult>
Reports which types of data are currently selected in the 'Clear browsing data' settings UI. Note: some of the data types included in this API are not available in the settings UI, and some UI settings control more than one data type listed here.

Returns Promise<_SettingsReturnResult>
- Defined in ../node_modules/@types/firefox-webext-browser/index.d.ts:1590