Clears any local storage and session storage created by websites and extensions.

You can use the removalOptions parameter, which is a object, to:

• clear local and session storage values created after a given time.

• control whether to clear localStorage and sessionStorage values created by web pages or web pages extensions.

Syntax

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

Parameters

• removalOptions

  • : object. A object, which can be used to clear localStorage and sessionStorage values stored after a given time, and control whether to clear localStorage and sessionStorage objects created by web pages, or web pages and extensions.

Return value

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

Examples

Remove all local storage:

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

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

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

Browser compatibility

This API is based on Chromium’s chrome.browsingData API.