The bookmarks.remove()
method removes a single bookmark or an empty bookmark folder.
Warning: If your extension attempts to remove a bookmark from the bookmarks tree root node, the call will raise an error with the message: "The bookmark root cannot be modified" and the bookmark won't be removed.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
var removingBookmark = browser.bookmarks.remove( id // string )
id
string
specifying the ID of the bookmark or empty folder to remove.A Promise
that will be fulfilled with no arguments.
If the node corresponding to the id
parameter can't be found or was a non-empty folder, the promise is rejected with an error message.
function onRemoved() { console.log("Removed!"); } function onRejected(error) { console.log(`An error: ${error}`); } var bookmarkId = "abcdefghijkl"; var removingBookmark = browser.bookmarks.remove(bookmarkId); removingBookmark.then(onRemoved, onRejected);
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remove |
Yes |
15 |
45 |
? |
Yes |
No |
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No |
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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/remove