OT: Deleting specific Firefox cookies
Keith
keith at caramail.com
Thu Nov 18 21:23:41 UTC 2021
On 11/18/21 10:55 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> 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
>
>
Excellent.
--
Keith
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