history.deleteAll()

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.

Syntax

js
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

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
deleteAll

Examples

Delete all history when the user clicks a browser action:

js
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.