Last updated: March 2025
Cookie Cleaner is a Chrome browser extension that allows you to view, inspect, and delete HTTP cookies stored by websites you visit. It is a local tool — all functionality runs inside your browser with no connection to any external service.
We collect nothing.
Cookie Cleaner does not collect, store, transmit, or share any information about you, your browsing habits, the websites you visit, or the cookies you manage. There are no servers. There is no database. There is no company infrastructure that receives any data from this extension.
Chrome requires extensions to declare permissions upfront. Here is exactly why Cookie Cleaner requests each permission and how it is used:
cookies — Required to read the list of cookies stored
by websites and to delete them when you click "Clear". Without this permission
the extension cannot function at all.
tabs — Used only to read the URL and favicon of your
currently active tab so the extension can display the correct domain name and icon.
Tab URLs are never stored or transmitted.
activeTab — Grants access to the tab you are currently
viewing, used in combination with the tabs permission above.
host_permissions: <all_urls> — The cookies API
in Chrome requires broad host access to read and delete cookies across all domains.
This does not mean the extension reads page content — it only accesses cookie data.
None of these permissions are used to collect, monitor, or transmit data. They exist solely to enable the core cookie management features you see in the UI.
Cookie Cleaner uses no third-party services of any kind. There are no analytics libraries (Google Analytics, Mixpanel, etc.), no error tracking services (Sentry, Bugsnag, etc.), no remote configuration, and no CDN-hosted assets. All code runs locally from the extension package installed on your device.
Cookie Cleaner does not use chrome.storage or any other storage API
to persist data between sessions. When you close the extension popup, nothing is saved.
Previous versions of this extension included optional statistics and rule features
that used local storage — these have been removed in v3.0.
Cookie Cleaner is a general-purpose developer and privacy tool. It is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect any information from anyone, regardless of age.
If we ever change this privacy policy in a meaningful way — for example, if a future version adds any form of data collection — we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and increment the extension version number. We will never introduce data collection silently.
Because we collect no data, there is nothing for us to delete, export, or modify on your behalf. Your cookies exist only on your own device and are entirely under your control through this extension and your browser's own settings.
Cookie Cleaner's source code can be inspected by loading the unpacked extension
in Chrome's developer mode (chrome://extensions → Load unpacked).
You can verify for yourself that no data leaves your device.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how Cookie Cleaner works, please reach out via the Chrome Web Store support tab on the extension's listing page. We respond to all inquiries.