Self-Destructing Cookies

Delete cookies when browser is closed or once the tab is closed to prevent tracking

What is Self-Destructing Cookies?

Self-Destructing Cookies is a privacy-prioritizing Chrome extension. It manages cookies in two modes - session mode and tabs mode. In session mode, it deletes cookies once all the browser windows are closed, thus effectively ending the session. Meanwhile, in tabs mode, it erases cookies tied to the current tab when it is closed, but only if there are no other tabs open from the same domain. This extension was brought to Chromium browsers by adapting the original Self-Destructing Cookies extension by Ove.

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By: joue.quroi

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.00 (13)

Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2022-01-03)

Creation date: 2018-01-09

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
cookies
contextMenus
notifications

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 82.60K

Email: jo*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 16264 ▼ 58

Other rankings

#6830 in Developer Tools ▼ 21 #106 in cookie keyword 53 ▼ 11 #163 in delete keyword 8 ▼ 6 #268 in session keyword 51 ▼ 3

Other platforms

Self-Destructing Cookies (WebEx) (v0.1.1)

4.08

(25) 1,279+

Self-Destructing Cookies (v0.2.0)

4.50

(2) 1,612+

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Extension summary

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This extension aims to bring "Self-Destructing Cookies" extension written by "Ove" to Chromium browsers. The extension supports two modes to deal with cookies:

"session" mode: delete cookies once the current session is closed (all browser windows are closed).
"tabs" mode: delete cookies related to the current tab once the tab is closed and there are no other tabs of the same domain.

Example: Let's say you are logged-in into your email account: In "session" mode, you will be logged-in until all browser tabs are closed. In "tabs" mode, you will be logged-out once all email tabs are closed. So if you have two email tabs opened and still one tab is open, you are still logged-in. Once the other tab is closed, you will get logged-out

Note: the extension does not support cleaning "window.localStorage" at this moment. I will work on that later!

To report bugs please use the review section of the FAQs page

User reviews

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 effectively to clear cookies on closing the browser.
Easy to add sites to the whitelist.
Generally reliable for users on multiple browsers.

Cons

Does not handle sub-domains well, leading to unwanted logouts.
Session mode has stopped working for some users.
Causes users to get logged out of their Google account frequently.

Most mentioned

Issues with session and tab modes regarding cookie deletion.
Desire for a blacklist mode to protect specific sites.
Problems with Google-related domains causing unintended logouts.

Recent reviews

it does not work, I tested loggings on websites like facebook, gmails. and upon closing tab while still logged in and opening it up again I can still see im logged in...

Tom Wid, 2023-12-23

Finally, a simple extension that does what I want it to - clear cookies on closing browser, with a whitelist that's easy to add to. I wish there was an option to have left clicking the icon add/remove from whitelist instead of turning the whole extension on/off, but otherwise it does its job perfectly. edit - unfortunately, at some point since posting this review, session mode has stopped working. Tab mode still works though.