index.md

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title: browsingData.removeDownloads()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/browsingData/removeDownloads
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - browsingData
  - removeDownloads
browser-compat: webextensions.api.browsingData.removeDownloads

---

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Clears the browser's download history. Note that this does not delete the downloaded objects themselves, only records of downloads in the browser's history.

You can use the removalOptions parameter, which is a {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.RemovalOptions")}} object, to:

• clear records of items downloaded after a given time

• control whether to clear only records of items downloaded from normal web pages or to clear records from hosted apps and extensions as well.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

let removing = browser.browsingData.removeDownloads(
  removalOptions            // RemovalOptions object
)

Parameters

• removalOptions

  • : object. A {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.RemovalOptions")}} object, which may be used to clear only records created after a given time, and whether to clear only records of items downloaded from normal web pages or to clear records from hosted apps and extensions as well.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with no arguments when the removal has finished. If any error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.

Examples

Remove records of objects downloaded in the last week:

function onRemoved() {
  console.log("removed");
}

function onError(error) {
  console.error(error);
}

function weekInMilliseconds() {
  return 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
}

let oneWeekAgo = new Date().getTime() - weekInMilliseconds();

browser.browsingData
  .removeDownloads({ since: oneWeekAgo })
  .then(onRemoved, onError);

Remove all records of downloaded objects:

function onRemoved() {
  console.log("removed");
}

function onError(error) {
  console.error(error);
}

browser.browsingData.removeDownloads({}).then(onRemoved, onError);

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browsingData API.