OT: Deleting specific Firefox cookies

Jim Byrnes jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Thu Nov 18 16:55:49 UTC 2021


On 11/16/21 8:14 PM, Keith wrote:
> On 11/16/21 4:15 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On 11/16/21 12:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if this is ok, I just did a short test and it seems to
>>> work. If cookies are important to you, consider to test with a new
>>> firefox profile, before accessing an important firefox profile.
>>> I don't save cookies and did a quick test with my default profile.
>>>
>>> Close Firefox > run "sqlitebrowser" > "Open Database" for example
>>>
>>> .mozilla/firefox/ihwxvng5.default/cookies.sqlite
>>>
>>> The tab "Browse Data" shows the cookies.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Ralf,
>>
>> That does indeed show the individual cookies. Now I have to decide
>> whether or not it is worth the hassle to do it. Before Mozilla made the
>> change all I had to do was open settings and after a couple of clicks I
>> had a list of cookies I could select for deletion. Now I would have to
>> close all running instances of Firefox, open dbbrowser to make the
>> deletions and then reopen multiple instances of Firefox. I guess that's
>> what the call new and improved.
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>>
>>
> 
> Hamburger menu button->Addons and Themes->Find more addons search
> box->put in the word "cookie" and hit enter->See all the results for
> Cookie Manager addons that will probably do just what you want and more.
> 
> -- 
> Keith
> 

Thanks Keith,

Found something called Quick Cookie Manager that seems to do what I want.

Regards,  Jim





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