browsingData.removeDownloads()

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 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

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

Parameters

removalOptions

object. A 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.