menus.remove()

Removes a menu item.

For compatibility with other browsers, Firefox makes this method available via the contextMenus namespace as well as the menus namespace.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var removing = browser.menus.remove(
  menuItemId      // integer or string
)

Parameters

menuItemId: integer or string. The ID of the menu item to remove.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with no arguments if removal was successful, or rejected with an error message if removal failed (for example, because the item could not be found).

Examples

This extension adds a menu item labeled "Remove me!". If you click the item, the extension removes it.

function onRemoved() {
  console.log("item removed successfully");
}

function onError() {
  console.log("error removing item:" + browser.runtime.lastError);
}

browser.menus.create({
  id: "remove-me",
  title: "Remove me!",
  contexts: ["all"]
});

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) {
  if (info.menuItemId == "remove-me") {
    var removing = browser.menus.remove(info.menuItemId);
    removing.then(onRemoved, onError);
  }
});

Example extensions

menu-demo

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop				Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Firefox for Android
`remove`	Chrome Full support Yes Alternate Name Full support Yes Alternate Name Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: `contextMenus.remove`	Edge Full support 14 Alternate Name Full support 14 Alternate Name Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: `contextMenus.remove`	Firefox Full support 55 Full support 55 Full support 48 Alternate Name Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: `contextMenus.remove`	Opera Full support Yes Alternate Name Full support Yes Alternate Name Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: `contextMenus.remove`	Firefox Android No support No

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Uses a non-standard name.: Uses a non-standard name.

Acknowledgements

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

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