Auto Clear Browsing Data

Auto Clear Browsing Data

Helps users to automatically clear your browsing data after pre-defined time intervals.

What is Auto Clear Browsing Data?
'Auto Clear Browsing Data' is a Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing privacy. It enables you to automate data removal tasks. You can set tasks for removing specific categories of data either on a schedule or upon browser startup. Besides automatic operations, it also allows for manual removal of data on demand. The extension supports clearing a variety of data like cache, cookies, history, stored form data and more. It offers privacy by design as it neither collects nor transmits any personally identifiable information.
Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.19 (16)
Version: 3.0.0.1 (Last updated: 2023-07-20)
Creation date: 2020-01-13
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • browsingData
  • alarms
Size: 1.45M
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Auto Clear Browsing Data
Auto Clear Browsing Data (v3.0.0.1)
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Summary

"Auto Clear Browsing Data" extension helps users to remove unnecessary browsing data. Users can either manually remove specific data or they can define automatic tasks that execute after a pre-defined time interval or on browser startup.

Users can define independent tasks for removing specific data type set from their web browser.

This extension also provides a comprehensive event log to inform users about how tasks are executed.

How to use:

Please follow simple steps given below to automatically remove specific data type set from your web browser:

  • Click on add task button.
  • Enter task identifier.
  • Select time interval between removal of data.
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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as described for some users
  • Functions well when operational
  • Described as 'Cool', indicating some users found it favorable
Cons
  • Does not work automatically as intended
  • Lack of developer updates and support
  • Fails to clear browsing data, history remains
  • Compatibility issues with certain operating systems and browser versions
Most mentioned
  • Not working automatically
  • Issues with clearing data
  • Lack of updates from the developer
  • Incompatibility with ChromeOS or newer versions of Chrome
  • Positive remarks when it works as expected
Recent reviews
I'm using Supermium browser on Windows 7 Pro. I followed instructions, set an auto task, and nothing happens. Wish I wasn't required to give this review 1 star to enable "Post" button.
by Rich Lastname Rich Lastname, 2024-01-18

It worked
by Joseva Huni Joseva Huni, 2023-12-02

As of 7/18/2023 this extension does not work automatically on a Chromebook running version 114 of browser and ChromeOS. It may work on other OSs and versions, but I would not count on it. The last update was January 20, 2021/ I reluctantly gave it 2 stars because I don't HATE it (Google's ratings s*ck). The intended functionality and user options indicate that it worked under some configurations of OS at one time. If not the developer wouldn't have invested that amount of effort in it. Third party extensions are broken frequently by feature and security changes that Google makes. For this combination of OS and Chrome browser the app doesn't work AUTOMATICALLY. It may have utility for manually clearing data from the browser, but that wasn't what I needed. I can do that with a shortcut to < chrome://settings/clearBrowserData > and one click. I'd revisit this extension to see if there had been any updates or comments from the developer except for the lack of updates for 2-1/2 YEARS. Testing: I used the simplest config, "delete history at browser start". Because the OS IS Chrome, and the "Chrome browser" within it is just a window, I tested three ways: by closing the Chrome window and reopening it, by signing out of the user session and signing back in as the same user, and by shutting down the machine. Each windows opening generated a log entry, but all history remains. I believed the issue might have been that Chrome saves history in the user account settings and re-syncs history after a browser window opens. So it might have replaced missing history from the user profile saved on Google's servers. If so, disabling sync of history under "you and Google". would fix that. So I tried disabling the sync of history. It didn't work. I tried signing into the Chromebook as another user and the back in with my test account. That didn't work. This means that the extension can't delete history from the local copy.
by P Schmied P Schmied, 2023-07-18
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Safety
Risk impact

Auto Clear Browsing Data is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Auto Clear Browsing Data has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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