How do you delete the indexed databases stored on your computer in Firefox?

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In Opera you can simply type in opera:webdatabases in the address field and delete all the web SQL databases stored on your computer.

How do you do the same in Firefox? I need to delete an IndexedDB on my localhost to experiment with a fresh version.

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 13 '15 at 23:21

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I know this is old, but there is a way to do this in Firefox:

Go to Tools -> Page Info
Go to the "Permissions" tab
Scroll down to "Maintain Offline Storage"
Click "Clear Storage"

answered Oct 13 '15 at 23:21

Don Rhummy

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..aaaand that option is gone. – that-ben Feb 12 '18 at 17:32
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@that-ben it might have been moved – Don Rhummy Feb 12 '18 at 17:36
For FF 115, this is the way to do it: 1. Go to Tools -> Page Info 2. Click the "Security" tab 3. Under "Privacy & History", click "Clear cookies and Site Data" – av01d Aug 03 '23 at 08:01

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 12:50

I figured out how to delete the databases. Windows stores user data separately on a per application basis (on Windows 7 in C:\Users\\AppData). So I found the Firefox Profiles folder in this directory, went to the indexedDB folder and deleted the sqlite files. Then I restarted Firefox and it worked! The full path of Windows 7 is like: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<*>.default\indexedDB

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 10 '16 at 10:09

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I have found that running this code in console (Ctrl+Shift+K) is an easier solution:

indexedDB.deleteDatabase('MyDatabaseName').onsuccess=(function(e){console.log("Delete OK");})

answered May 10 '16 at 10:09

Dmitry Shintyakov

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score 2 · Answer 4 · 2013-07-24T15:16:12.450

Here is a node script that deletes the indexedDB directory for every website.

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<*>.default\indexedDB

based on Aadit's answer.

    var userName = "myWindowsUserName";

var fs = require("fs");
var root = "C:\\Users\\" + userName + "\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\";
var dir = fs.readdirSync(root);

var deleteFolderRecursive = function (path) { // http://www.geedew.com/2012/10/24/remove-a-directory-that-is-not-empty-in-nodejs/
    if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
        fs.readdirSync(path).forEach(function (file, index) {
            var curPath = path + "/" + file;
            if (fs.statSync(curPath).isDirectory()) { // recurse
                deleteFolderRecursive(curPath);
            } else { // delete file
                fs.unlinkSync(curPath);
            }
        });
        fs.rmdirSync(path);
    }
};

var anyRemoved = false;
for(var i = 0; i < dir.length; i++) {
  if(/\.default$/.test(dir[i])) {
    var idbPath = root + dir[i] + "\\indexedDB";
    var idbDir = fs.readdirSync(idbPath);
    for (var i2 = 0; i2 < idbDir.length; i2++) {
        anyRemoved = true;
        var rmDir = idbPath + "\\" + idbDir[i2];
        console.log("removing: " + rmDir);
        deleteFolderRecursive(rmDir);
    }
  }
}
if(anyRemoved === false)
  console.log("No indexedDB files were found.");

setTimeout(function () { }, 1000 * 5);

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 30 '13 at 15:03

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Firefox indexedDB (Ubuntu)

~/.mozilla/firefox-trunk/*.default/storage/persistent/<folder_to_delete>

This works for me.

answered Nov 30 '13 at 15:03

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 18 '13 at 01:49

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On Ubuntu and probably most linux distros it's in your home directory

~/.mozilla/firefox/<*>.default/indexedDB

answered Feb 18 '13 at 01:49

mbaynton

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 26 '19 at 14:53

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In firefox, indexeddb can be deleted by:

Using Ctrl + Shift (Alt) + Delete and choosing to clear offline website data.
Deleting the file corresponding to individual websites. On linux, these files can be found at ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>.default/storage/persistent/<website>

edited Aug 26 '19 at 14:53

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answered Dec 05 '14 at 05:48

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 13 '15 at 02:48

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On OS X 10.10.2 and Firefox 36.0.1, I deleted

~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/storage/default/<url>/idb

answered Mar 13 '15 at 02:48

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 15:14

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It appears to have been moved down a directory or two. Instead of

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<*>.default\indexedDB

try

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<*>.default\storage\persistent\<site>

answered Mar 12 '14 at 15:14

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