browsingData.removePasswords()

Clears saved passwords.

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

  • clear only passwords that were saved after a given time
  • control whether to clear passwords that were saved on normal web pages or to clear passwords that were saved on hosted apps and extensions as well.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

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

Parameters

removalOptions

object. A browsingData.RemovalOptions object, which may be used to clear only passwords that were saved after a given time, and whether to clear passwords that were saved on normal web pages or to clear passwords that were saved on 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 passwords saved in the last week:

js
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
  .removePasswords({ since: oneWeekAgo })
  .then(onRemoved, onError);

Remove all saved passwords:

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

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

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

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

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