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notifications.clear()

Clears a notification, given its ID.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var clearing = browser.notifications.clear(
  id                            // string
)

Parameters

id
string. The ID of the notification to clear. This is the same as the ID passed into notifications.create()'s callback.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a boolean: true if the notification was cleared, or false if it was not (for example, because the notification referenced by id did not exist).

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
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Examples

This example shows a notification when the user clicks a browser action, unless the notification was already being shown, in which case it clears the notification:

var myNotification = "my-notification";

function toggleAlarm(all) {
  if (myNotification in all) {
    browser.notifications.clear(myNotification);
  } else {
    browser.notifications.create(myNotification, {
      "type": "basic",
      "iconUrl": browser.runtime.getURL("icons/cake-48.png"),
      "title": "Am imposing title",
      "message": "Some interesting content"
    });
  }
}

function handleClick() {
  var gettingAll = browser.notifications.getAll();
  gettingAll.then(toggleAlarm);
}

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(handleClick);

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

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