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
Optionalboolean
. The browser's cache.cookies
Optionalboolean
. Cookies acquired while browsing.downloads
Optionalboolean
. The user's download history.fileSystems
Optionalboolean
. Website's file systems.formData
Optionalboolean
. Saved form data, for autocomplete.history
Optionalboolean
. The user's browsing history.indexedDB
Optionalboolean
. IndexedDB data.localStorage
Optionalboolean
. Local storage data.passwords
Optionalboolean
. Saved passwords, for autocomplete.pluginData
Optionalboolean
. Stored data associated with plugins.serverBoundCertificates
Optionalboolean
. Stored server-bound certificates.serviceWorkers
Optionalboolean
. Data cached by service workers.
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cache | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
cookies | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
downloads | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
fileSystems | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
formData | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
history | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
indexedDB | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
localStorage | Yes | No | 57 | 57 | Yes |
passwords | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
pluginData | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
serverBoundCertificates | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
serviceWorkers | Yes | No | 53 | 56 | Yes |
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browsingData
API.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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