Cookie AutoDelete
Hacker ApprovedRanked 29 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 12 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Deletes site data after tabs close
“Why not accept and let cookie autodelete delete it after closing the site?”
Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws” “cleans up cookies, cache, etc for a site after all of its tabs are closed”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services” Configurable deletion rules per site
“my Cookie AutoDelete config (which says which cookies to delete and when)”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “I also have cookie-auto-delete for sites other than my whitelist.”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Walmart investors reject AI workplace report as automation expands in the US” Erases cookies and storage on a timer
“It is possible to configure it to erase all storage (cookies, indexeddb, localSorage and others) after chosen time”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 on Hacker News “my Cookie AutoDelete config (which says which cookies to delete and when)”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 on Hacker News Used for years, works well
“This is pretty handy and I've been using it for years”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “Firefox expands fingerprint protections” “I use Cookie AutoDelete on Firefox and it's great.”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seems unmaintained with many open issues
“when I last checked it seemed unmaintained”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “Telegram Desktop vulnerability allowed any user's file to be stolen” “Cookie-AutoDelete is effectively dead, for both Firefox and Chrome, as seen from the many Issues on its repo”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 on Hacker News
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Cookie AutoDeleteThis page | 12 | 1 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“when I last checked it seemed unmaintained”
“Cookie-AutoDelete is effectively dead, for both Firefox and Chrome, as seen from the many Issues on its repo”
“It is possible to configure it to erase all storage (cookies, indexeddb, localSorage and others) after chosen time”
“I also have cookie-auto-delete for sites other than my whitelist.”
“cleans up cookies, cache, etc for a site after all of its tabs are closed”
“I use Cookie AutoDelete on Firefox and it's great.”
“Why not accept and let cookie autodelete delete it after closing the site?”
“a plugin like that would take out entire industries because it would basically end anonymous tracking cookies”
“This is pretty handy and I've been using it for years”
“my Cookie AutoDelete config (which says which cookies to delete and when)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.