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bookmarks.onRemoved

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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

js-nolint
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.addListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.removeListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

  • addListener(listener)
    • : 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

  • listener
    • : The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed these 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
    • : {{WebExtAPIRef('bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode')}}. Detailed information about the item that was removed.

Examples

js
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);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

[!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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