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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.

Syntax

chrome.history.deleteAll(
  function() {...} // callback function
)

This API is also available as browser.history.deleteAll() in a version that returns a promise.

Parameters

callback
function. Called, with no arguments, when history has been deleted.

Browser compatibility

Chrome Edge Firefox Firefox for Android Opera
Basic support Yes No 49.0 No 33

Examples

Delete all history when the user clicks a browser action:

function onDeleteAll() {
  console.log("Deleted all history");
}

function deleteAllHistory() {
  chrome.history.deleteAll(onDeleteAll);
}

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(deleteAllHistory);

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.history API. This documentation is derived from history.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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