Limit Cookie Lifetime

Set a maximum limit on cookie lifetime. By Nick Semenkovich <[email protected]>

Limit Cookie Lifetime Chrome Extension

Limit Cookie Lifetime is a Chrome extension that allows users to set a maximum limit on the lifetime of cookies. It helps to reduce annoyance from persistent cookies by limiting them to a 21-day expiry. The extension runs as a non-persistent background page, taking almost zero RAM. It is open source and available for contribution on GitHub.

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Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-10-04

By: https://semenkovich.com

Users: 139

Rating: 3.75

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Version: 2014.6.4 (Last updated: 2014-07-04)

Creation date: 2014-07-04

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

alarms
cookies
*://*/*

Size: 13.13K

Email: se*****@alum.mit.edu

URLs: Website

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Extension summary

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Persistent cookies are annoying. This extension limits the maximum lifetime of a cookie in Chrome.

This extension:

Invokes itself every two hours to set cookie lifetime limits
Limits cookies to a 21-day expiry (modifiable on the options page)
Takes almost zero RAM (runs as a non-persistent background page)
Is open source! (See below)

======== CODE ======== Please contribute! https://github.com/semenko/chrome-limit-cookie-lifetime

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

User reviews

Great. Looked for something like this for a long time.

Mario F, 2016-07-18

Only extension to allow expiring cookies, I just wish it would have white/black listing and that it would also expire other things (database, application date, filesystem, etc)