history.deleteRange()

Removes all visits to pages that the user made during the given time range. If this removes all visits made to a given page, then the page will be no longer appear in the browser history and history.onVisitRemoved will fire for it.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

let deletingRange = browser.history.deleteRange(
  range           // object
)

Parameters

range

object. Specification of the time range for which to delete visits.

startTime: number or string or object. A value indicating a date and time. This can be represented as: a Date object, an ISO 8601 date string, or the number of milliseconds since the epoch. Specifies the start time for the range.
endTime: number or string or object. A value indicating a date and time. This can be represented as: a Date object, an ISO 8601 date string, or the number of milliseconds since the epoch. Specifies the end time for the range.

Return value

A Promise will be fulfilled with no parameters when the range has been deleted.

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`deleteRange`	Yes	79	49	?	Yes	No	?	?	No	?	No	?

Examples

Delete all visits made in the last minute:

const MINUTE = 60 * 1000;

function oneMinuteAgo() {
  return Date.now() - MINUTE;
}

browser.history.deleteRange({
  startTime: oneMinuteAgo(),
  endTime: Date.now()
});

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

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/history/deleteRange