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.

Extension stats

Users: 139
Rating: 3.75
(4)
Version: 2014.6.4 (Last updated: 2014-07-04)
Creation date: 2014-07-04
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • cookies
  • *://*/*
Size: 13.13K
URLs: Website

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

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

Copyright 2014, Nick Semenkovich [email protected]

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

User reviews

Great. Looked for something like this for a long time.
by 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)
by Mário Fujikawa, 2016-07-18

whitelists should be possible
by Christoph B., 2016-06-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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