How to clear browsing history using JavaScript?

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Dinesh Kumar picture Dinesh Kumar · Nov 18, 2013 · Viewed 170.9k times · Source

I am doing a simple project, let us take high secure website. I have 5 different JSP pages. If I started from first JSP page, it is redirecting to second JSP page and so on. In the meanwhile, it should not store those pages in my browser history. How to clear those browsing history using JavaScript?

Answer

Krish R picture Krish R · Nov 18, 2013

Can you try using document.location.replace() it is used to clear the last entry in the history and replace it with the address of a new url. replace() removes the URL of the current document from the document history, meaning that it is not possible to use the "back" button to navigate back to the original document.

<script type="text/javascript">
    function Navigate(){   
         window.location.replace('your link');
        return false;
    }
   </script>

HTML: 

   <button onclick="Navigate()">Replace document</button>

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