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downloads.onErased

The onErased() event of the downloads API fires when a download is erased from the browser history.

The listener is passed the downloadId of the downloads.DownloadItem object in question as a parameter.

Syntax

browser.downloads.onErased.addListener(listener)
browser.downloads.onErased.removeListener(listener)
browser.downloads.onErased.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 a given listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

callback

A callback function that will be called when this event occurs. This function will be passed the following arguments:

downloadId
An integer representing the id of the downloads.DownloadItem that was erased.

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
onErased
Yes
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Yes
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Examples

Add a listener for onErased events, then erase the most recent download:

function handleErased(item) {
  console.log(`Erased: ${item}`);
}

browser.downloads.onErased.addListener(handleErased);

var erasing = browser.downloads.erase({
  limit: 1,
  orderBy: ["-startTime"]
});

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.

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