management.uninstall()

Uninstalls an add-on, given its ID.

This API requires the "management" API permission.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var uninstalling = browser.management.uninstall(
  id,                  // string
  options              // object
)

Parameters

id
string. ID of the add-on to uninstall.
optionsOptional
object. Object which may contain a single property, showConfirmDialog. If showConfirmDialog is true, the browser will show a dialog asking the user to confirm that the add-on should be uninstalled.
  • If id is the calling add-on's ID, showConfirmDialog defaults to false.
  • If id is a the ID of a different add-on, this option is ignored and the confirmation dialog is always shown.

Return value

A Promise that will be rejected with an error message if the user canceled uninstall.

Browser compatibility

ChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefox for AndroidOpera
Basic supportYesNoNoNoYes

Examples

Uninstall the add-on whose ID is "my-addon-id", asking the user to confirm. In the callback, check whether the user canceled uninstallation.

Note that we haven't passed a fulfilment handler because if uninstallation succeeds, the add-on is no longer around to handle it.

var id = "my-addon-id";
function onCanceled(error) {
  console.log(`Uninstall canceled: ${error}`);
}
var uninstalling = browser.management.uninstall(id);
uninstalling.then(null, onCanceled);

Acknowledgements

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

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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