NPAPI:ClearSiteData

Status

(work in progress)

Problem Summary

In short: let the UA's "clear cookies" function also clear Flash's local storage.

More precisely: delegate calls to the UAs "clear privacy information" to plugins, allowing them to clean up their locally stored data as well.

Overview of current UIs

Type Firefox IE Opera Safari
Browsing History yes yes yes yes
Download History yes yes yes yes
Form History yes yes ? yes
Search History yes ? ? ?
Cookies yes yes temporary/all yes
Cache yes yes yes yes
Active Logins yes yes "password manager" yes
Site Preferences yes ? ? ?

In addition, IE has "InPrivate Filtering Data" (what is this?)

In addition, Opera has "delete password protected pages and data" and "boomkark visited times".

In addition, Safari has "webpage preview images", "website icons" and "top sites"

Parameters Firefox IE Opera
Time Range yes no no no

Existing Discussion and Documentation

API Requirements

Current Proposal