browsingData.DataTypeSet

The browsingData.DataTypeSet type describes a set of data types.

It contains a number of boolean properties. The name of each property is the name of a particular type of browsing data: "downloads", "history" and so on. All properties are optional.

This type is used:

in browsingData.remove() to describe which data types to remove
in browsingData.settings() to describe which data types are currently selected in the browser's "Clear History" feature.

Type

Values of this type are objects. They contain the following properties:

cache Optional: boolean. The browser's cache.
cookies Optional: boolean. Cookies acquired while browsing.
downloads Optional: boolean. The user's download history.
fileSystems Optional: boolean. Website's file systems.
formData Optional: boolean. Saved form data, for autocomplete.
history Optional: boolean. The user's browsing history.
indexedDB Optional: boolean. IndexedDB data.
localStorage Optional: boolean. Local storage data.
passwords Optional: boolean. Saved passwords, for autocomplete.
pluginData Optional: boolean. Stored data associated with plugins.
serverBoundCertificates Optional: boolean. Stored server-bound certificates.
serviceWorkers Optional: boolean. Data cached by service workers.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

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