# Cookie AutoDelete

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Cookie AutoDelete and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for automatically deleting cookies and site data after tabs close or on a set schedule, with per-site rules. Some say it seems unmaintained now.

## Why people recommend it

- Deletes site data after tabs close (2 comments): "Why not accept and let cookie autodelete delete it after closing the site?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988289)) "cleans up cookies, cache, etc for a site after all of its tabs are closed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245396))
- Configurable deletion rules per site (2 comments): "my Cookie AutoDelete config (which says which cookies to delete and when)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830004)) "I also have cookie-auto-delete for sites other than my whitelist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407554))
- Erases cookies and storage on a timer (2 comments): "It is possible to configure it to erase all storage (cookies, indexeddb, localSorage and others) after chosen time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603417)) "my Cookie AutoDelete config (which says which cookies to delete and when)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830004))
- Used for years, works well (2 comments): "This is pretty handy and I've been using it for years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45892308)) "I use Cookie AutoDelete on Firefox and it's great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47235928))

## What people warn about

- Seems unmaintained with many open issues (2 comments): "when I last checked it seemed unmaintained" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50030446)) "Cookie-AutoDelete is effectively dead, for both Firefox and Chrome, as seen from the many Issues on its repo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743972))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock.md): 137 recommend
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers.md): 76 recommend
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript.md): 61 recommend
- [Consent-O-Matic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consent-o-matic.md): 36 recommend
- [LibRedirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libredirect.md): 35 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cookie AutoDelete", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cookie-autodelete/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).