Performance: clearMarks() method

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The clearMarks() method removes all or specific PerformanceMark objects from the browser's performance timeline.

Syntax

js
clearMarks()
clearMarks(name)

Parameters

name Optional

A string representing the name of the PerformanceMark object. If this argument is omitted, all entries with an entryType of "mark" will be removed.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

undefined

Removing markers

To clean up all performance marks, or just specific entries, use the clearMarks() method like this:

js
// Create a bunch of marks
performance.mark("login-started");
performance.mark("login-started");
performance.mark("login-finished");
performance.mark("form-sent");
performance.mark("video-loaded");
performance.mark("video-loaded");

performance.getEntriesByType("mark").length; // 6

// Delete just the "login-started" mark entries
performance.clearMarks("login-started");
performance.getEntriesByType("mark").length; // 4

// Delete all of the mark entries
performance.clearMarks();
performance.getEntriesByType("mark").length; // 0

Specifications

See also