How to remove and clear all localStorage data

Question

I need to clear all data i set into localStorage. By this, I mean completely reset localStorage to null when users remove their accounts.

How can i do that with a simple function?

I tried this:

function clearLocalStorage(){
    return localStorage= null;
}

But it doesn't work as expected.

score 503 · Accepted Answer · edited May 22 '12 at 21:52

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localStorage.clear();

should work.

edited May 22 '12 at 21:52

frenchie

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answered May 22 '12 at 21:51

Lyn Headley

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window.localStorage.clear(); //if working on ionic i.e – Guille Acosta Jan 04 '16 at 01:59
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sessionStorage.clear(); to remove session storage data. – sandeep talabathula Sep 10 '17 at 15:09
In some cases you might need to call it from the window object `window.localStorage.clear();` – Dev Aug 16 '18 at 07:15

Talha · Answer 2 · 2012-05-24T04:30:45.990

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If you want to remove/clean all the values from local storage than use

localStorage.clear();

And if you want to remove the specific item from local storage than use the following code

localStorage.removeItem(key);

edited May 24 '12 at 04:30

answered May 23 '12 at 11:05

Talha

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Hi, @Talha. If I don't want to remove for a particular item then is there a way to do it too? For example 'removeItemNotIn(key)'. Thanks in advance. – Vibhav Chaddha Apr 12 '18 at 06:02
I figured out a solution for my problem:- if(localStorage.getItem(particularKey) == null){ localStorage.clear(); } But if you have a better solution then do let me know. Thanks. – Vibhav Chaddha Apr 12 '18 at 07:45

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '14 at 11:17

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It only worked for me in Firefox when accessing it from the window object.

Example...

window.onload = function()
{
 window.localStorage.clear();
}

answered Oct 09 '14 at 11:17

John

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score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 07:47

Using .one ensures this is done only once and not repeatedly.

$(window).one("focus", function() {
    localStorage.clear();
});

It is okay to put several document.ready event listeners (if you need other events to execute multiple times) as long as you do not overdo it, for the sake of readability.

.one is especially useful when you want local storage to be cleared only once the first time a web page is opened or when a mobile application is installed the first time.

   // Fired once when document is ready
   $(document).one('ready', function () {
       localStorage.clear();
   });

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered May 22 '12 at 21:49

Something like this should do:

function cleanLocalStorage() {
    for(key in localStorage) {
        delete localStorage[key];
    }
}

Be careful about using this, though, as the user may have other data stored in localStorage and would probably be pretty ticked if you deleted that. I'd recommend either a) not storing the user's data in localStorage or b) storing the user's account stuff in a single variable, and then clearing that instead of deleting all the keys in localStorage.

Edit: As Lyn pointed out, you'll be good with localStorage.clear(). My previous points still stand, however.

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