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Cookiesweep

👥 43 users
📦 v1.0.0
💾 109KiB
📅 2025-04-28
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Overview

CookieSweep is a powerful browser extension that automatically deletes browser cookies when you close tabs, helping to protect your privacy and prevent tracking.

Features
- Automatic Cookie Cleanup: Automatically delete cookies when you close tabs
- Type Filtering: Choose which types of cookies to delete (tracking, authentication, preference, etc.)
- Domain Whitelisting: Specify domains to exclude from cookie deletion, with wildcard support
- Zombie Cookie Protection: Detect and prevent cookies that try to regenerate themselves
- Fingerprinting Protection: Defend against browser fingerprinting techniques
- Advanced Filtering: Create custom rules to handle specific cookies
- Detailed Statistics: Visualize your cookie deletion history with charts and timelines
- Import/Export: Backup and restore your settings

Usage

Basic Settings
- Enable/Disable: Toggle the main switch to enable or disable the extension
- First-party Cookies: Control whether to delete cookies from sites you directly visit
- Third-party Cookies: Control whether to delete cookies from embedded resources and trackers

Whitelist Domains
Add domains that you want to exclude from cookie deletion. Supports wildcard notation:
- example.com - Exact domain match
- *.example.com - All subdomains of example.com

Advanced Filtering
- Filter by Purpose: Choose which types of cookies to delete (tracking, authentication, preference, etc.)
- Custom Rules: Create specific rules for handling cookies with particular patterns

Statistics
- View detailed statistics about deleted cookies
- Analyze trends in cookie usage across sites
- Export your cookie deletion history for further analysis

Privacy
CookieSweep respects your privacy:
- All data is stored locally on your device
- No data is sent to external servers
- No analytics or tracking is included in the extension

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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