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find.removeHighlighting()

Remove any highlighting of a previous search that was applied by a previous call to find.highlightResults(), or by the browser's native UI.

Syntax

js
browser.find.removeHighlighting()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None.

Examples

js
browser.find.removeHighlighting();

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
removeHighlighting
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 57 (Release date: 2017-11-14)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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