{"json_modified": "2016-09-17T14:06:29.003836", "uuid": "0197ccd5-06e3-4f8c-83ef-1c7f6dad325c", "title": "downloads.erase()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/erase", "tags": ["API", "downloads", "erase", "Reference", "Non-standard", "Extensions", "Add-ons", "WebExtensions", "Non-Standard", "add-ons", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-09-17T14:06:28", "label": "downloads.erase()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 180318, "last_edit": "2016-09-17T09:52:41", "summary": "The <code><strong>erase</strong></code><strong><code>()</code></strong> function of the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads\" title=\"Enables WebExtensions to interact with the browser's download manager. You can use this API module to download files, cancel, pause, resume downloads, and show downloaded files in the file manager.\"><code>downloads</code></a> API erases matching <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/DownloadItem\" title=\"The DownloadItem type of the downloads API represents a downloaded file.\"><code>DownloadItems</code></a> from the browser's download history, without deleting the downloaded files from disk.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "Examples", "title": "Examples"}, {"id": "Example_add-ons", "title": "Example add-ons"}], "slug": "Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/erase", "review_tags": []}