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Quick way to clear browser history without going into settings? Thanks in advance.

Delete files History and History-journal from cache_path ?

ndesktop wrote:Delete files History and History-journal from cache_path ?

Yes, clear SQLite DB file with name - History, and others like it.

ndesktop wrote:Delete files History and History-journal from cache_path ?

I can only delete them if I unload the browser completely from memory, otherwise the system won't let me delete them.

Programmatically, I think HistoryService::ExpireHistoryBetween is what is needed for a programmatic clear. But I don't remember HistoryService being intercepted/overriden in CEF.

I don't know how the history service can and should be operated, but one may start from ChromeBrowserContext::AddVisitedURLs implementation as a first example: get the profile with AsProfile(), history service with HistoryServiceFactory::GetForProfile(profile, ServiceAccessType::IMPLICIT_ACCESS) or perhaps ServiceAccessType::EXPLICIT_ACCESS, and call ExpireHistoryBetween with min and max time values (there are examples in history service unit test).

ndesktop wrote:Programmatically, I think HistoryService::ExpireHistoryBetween is what is needed for a programmatic clear. But I don't remember HistoryService being intercepted/overriden in CEF.

I don't know how the history service can and should be operated, but one may start from ChromeBrowserContext::AddVisitedURLs implementation as a first example: get the profile with AsProfile(), history service with HistoryServiceFactory::GetForProfile(profile, ServiceAccessType::IMPLICIT_ACCESS) or perhaps ServiceAccessType::EXPLICIT_ACCESS, and call ExpireHistoryBetween with min and max time values (there are examples in history service unit test).

What would it look like in the api of other languages? C#, for example.

Not sure. I do not have much experience with CefSharp, but I'm sure these methods use data types already there.