How to remove the hash from [removed] (URL) with JavaScript without page refresh?

Question

I have URL like: http://example.com#something, how do I remove #something, without causing the page to refresh?

I attempted the following

Answer 1

Here is another solution to change the location using href and clear the hash without scrolling.

The magic solution is explained here. Specs here.

const hash = window.location.hash;
history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
window.location.href = hash;    
history.pushState('', document.title, window.location.pathname);

NOTE: The proposed API is now part of WhatWG HTML Living Standard