{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:27:45.268117", "uuid": "e595559e-67ca-4c25-b2de-907521508ad0", "title": "HTMLIFrameElement.purgeHistory()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/purgeHistory", "tags": ["API", "Browser", "Reference", "Firefox OS", "HTML DOM", "R\u00e9f\u00e9rence", "purgeHistory", "Non-standard", "HTMLIFrameElement", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2015-12-04T15:48:00", "label": "HTMLIFrameElement.purgeHistory()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 79005, "last_edit": "2015-12-04T15:47:56", "summary": "The <code>purgeHistory()</code> method of the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement\" title=\"The HTMLIFrameElement interface provides special properties and methods (beyond those of the HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of inline frame elements.\"><code>HTMLIFrameElement</code></a> interface is used to clear the browsing history associated with the browser <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe\" title=\"The&#xA0;HTML Inline Frame Element&#xA0;(&lt;iframe&gt;) represents a nested browsing context, effectively embedding another HTML page into the current page. In HTML 4.01, a document may contain a head and a body or a head and a frame-set, but not both a body and a frame-set. However, an &lt;iframe&gt; can be used within a normal document body. Each browsing context has its own session history and active document. The browsing context that contains the embedded content is called the parent browsing context. The top-level browsing context (which has no parent) is typically the browser window.\"><code>&lt;iframe&gt;</code></a>. It only deletes history, not cookies or other stored information.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Specification", "title": "Returns"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Specification", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Specification", "title": "Specification"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/purgeHistory", "review_tags": []}