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bookmarks.onRemoved

Fired when a bookmark or folder is removed. When a folder is removed recursively, a single notification is fired for the folder, and none for its contents.

Syntax

browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.addListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.removeListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(callback): Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener): Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.
hasListener(listener): Check whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

callback

Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:

id: string. ID of the item that was removed.
removeInfo: object. More details about the removed item. See the removeInfo section for more details.

Additional objects

removeInfo

parentId: string. ID of the item's parent in the tree.
index: integer. Zero-based index position of this item in its parent.
node: bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode. Detailed information about the item that was removed.

Examples

function handleRemoved(id, removeInfo) {
  console.log(`Item: ${id} removed`);
  console.log(`Title: ${removeInfo.node.title}`);
  console.log(`Url: ${removeInfo.node.url}`);
}

function handleClick() {
  browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.addListener(handleRemoved);
}

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(handleClick);

Example extensions

bookmark-it

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`onRemoved`	Yes	79	52	?	Yes	No	?	?	No	?	No	?

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.bookmarks API. This documentation is derived from bookmarks.json in the Chromium code.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/bookmarks/onRemoved