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title: browsingData
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/browsingData
translation_of: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/browsingData
---
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<p>WebExtensions 을 통해 사용자가 브라우저를 사용하는 동안 축적된 데이터를 삭제할 수 있는 기능을 제공합니다.</p>

<p><code>browsingData</code> API는 브라우징 데이터를 다음과 같은 타입으로 구분합니다:</p>

<ul>
 <li>브라우저 캐시</li>
 <li>쿠키</li>
 <li>다운로드</li>
 <li>히스토리</li>
 <li>플러그인 데이터</li>
 <li>저장된 폼 데이터</li>
 <li>저장된 비밀번호saved passwords</li>
</ul>

<p>You can use the {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.remove()")}} function to remove any combination of these types. There are also dedicated functions to remove each particular type of data, such as {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removePasswords()", "removePasswords()")}}, {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeHistory()", "removeHistory()")}} and so on.</p>

<p>All the <code>browsingData.remove[X]()</code> functions take a {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.RemovalOptions")}} object, which you can use to control two further aspects of data removal:</p>

<ul>
 <li>how far back in time to remove data</li>
 <li>whether to remove data only from normal web pages, or also from hosted web apps and add-ons. Note that this option is not yet supported in Firefox.</li>
</ul>

<p>Finally, this API gives you a {{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.settings()")}} function that gives you the current value of the settings for the browser's built-in "Clear History" feature.</p>

<p>To use this API you must have the "browsingData" <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/permissions#API_permissions">API permission</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Types">Types</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.DataTypeSet")}}</dt>
 <dd>Object used to specify the type of data to remove: for example, history, downloads, passwords, and so on.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.RemovalOptions")}}</dt>
 <dd>Object used to specify how far back in time to remove data, and whether to remove data added through normal web browsing, by hosted apps, or by add-ons.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.remove()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Removes browsing data for the data types specified.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeCache()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Clears the browser's cache.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeCookies()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Removes cookies.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeDownloads()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Removes the list of downloaded files.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeFormData()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Clears saved form data.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removeHistory()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Clears the browser's history.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removePasswords()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Clears saved passwords.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.removePluginData()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Clears data associated with plugins.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("browsingData.settings()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Gets the current value of settings in the browser's "Clear History" feature.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{Compat("webextensions.api.browsingData", 2)}}</p>

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<p>The "Chrome incompatibilities" section is included from <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities"> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities</a> using the <a href="/en-US/docs/Template:WebExtChromeCompat">WebExtChromeCompat</a> macro.</p>

<p>If you need to update this content, edit <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities</a>, then shift-refresh this page to see your changes.</p>
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<p>{{WebExtExamples("h2")}}</p>

<div class="note"><strong>Acknowledgements</strong>

<p>This API is based on Chromium's <a href="https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/browsingData"><code>chrome.browsingData</code></a> API.</p>

<p>Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.</p>
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