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The forget() method of the USBDevice interface returns a Promise that resolves when all pending operations are aborted, all open interfaces are released, the device session has ended, and the permission is reset.
forget()
None.
A Promise which resolves with undefined once the device access permission is revoked.
| Specification |
|---|
| WebUSB API> # dom-usbdevice-forget> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
forget |
101 | 101 | No | 87 | No | 101 | No | 70 | No | 19.0 | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/USBDevice/forget