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I have localstorage for employeeid stored.When i refresh the browser get local storage value like employeeid based on employeeid get some data .when i close the browser i want to clear employeeid in local storage by using angularjs or javascript. I tried the following code.

window.onunload = close; function close() { //// do something... localStorage.clear(); return null; }

In the above code when i refresh the browser that time also window.onunload fired and clear the local storage values, but i want to clear local storage at the time of browser close only.

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  • Do you need this to work across different windows/tabs? If not, you should use sessionStorage to begin with. Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 11:55
  • no only one single tab Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 11:57
  • Well then use sessionStorage – it only lives until the window/tab is closed. Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 11:59
  • Thank u @CBroe. Now my issue was solved using sessionStorage Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 3:20
  • OK, I added that as an answer, plus a little more context. Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 8:37

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If you do not need this to work across different windows/tabs, then you should use sessionStorage instead of localStorage.

Where what you store into localStorage is “permanent”, sessionStorage stores values only until the window/tab is closed, similar to a “session cookie”, that is set without any lifetime – that will live only until the browser is closed (but will be available across different tabs when your site is open in more than one.)

A few more details can be found in these questions:
What is the difference between localStorage, sessionStorage, session and cookies?
HTML5 Local storage vs. Session storage

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Maybe that's you're looking for Identifying Between Refresh And Close Browser Actions

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That is also same problem at refresh browser that will be executed

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