How to clear back button history using Javascript?

Question

Using javascript (I'm using jQuery if that simplifies things), how can I clear the back button history?

I do not mean the entire browser history.

I mean the history in the tab back button.

tbh, I don't you think this should be possible. I hate websites that do this. — Phil, Nov 15 '13 at 14:42
There is no method clear in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.history — Tushar Gupta - curioustushar, Nov 15 '13 at 14:42
@Phil: I need to do this because pressing back after logging out redisplays the screen. Of course nothing is clickable or usable, but the browser cache thinks it's a good idea to redisplay the view from cache. — sergserg, Nov 15 '13 at 14:45
possible duplicate of [How to clear browsing history using javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20044554/how-to-clear-browsing-history-using-javascript) — Factor Mystic, Dec 19 '14 at 18:50
@phil some websites do this for security such as after user logout to clear his data — Ahmed Taha, Nov 19 '21 at 08:07

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:43

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You cannot remove the entire back button history. All you can do is replace the last entry with the next page, using window.location.replace('url');

answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:43

Rory McCrossan

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score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:52

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https://gist.github.com/921920

jQuery('div').live('pagehide', function(event, ui){
  var page = jQuery(event.target);    
  if(page.attr('data-cache') == 'never'){
    page.remove();
  };
});

answered Nov 15 '13 at 14:52

Rubyist

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How to clear back button history using Javascript?

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