Performance: clearMeasures() method
The clearMeasures()
method removes all or specific PerformanceMeasure
objects from the browser's performance timeline.
Syntax
js
clearMeasures()
clearMeasures(name)
Parameters
name
Optional-
A string representing the
name
of thePerformanceMeasure
object. If this argument is omitted, all entries with anentryType
of"measure"
will be removed.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
Removing measures
To clean up all performance measure, or just specific entries, use the clearMeasures()
method like this:
js
// Create a bunch of measures
performance.measure("from navigation");
performance.mark("a");
performance.measure("from mark a", "a");
performance.measure("from navigation");
performance.measure("from mark a", "a");
performance.mark("b");
performance.measure("between a and b", "a", "b");
performance.getEntriesByType("measure").length; // 5
// Delete just the "from navigation" measure entries
performance.clearMeasures("from navigation");
performance.getEntriesByType("measure").length; // 3
// Delete all of the measure entries
performance.clearMeasures();
performance.getEntriesByType("measure").length; // 0
Specifications
Specification |
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User Timing # dom-performance-clearmeasures |
Browser compatibility
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