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Never heard of Cookie AutoDelete, many thanks from me as well.

What I really want is for all cookies to be deleted when the browser exits, except for the sites assigned to the containers I've created.

I'll have to see if this is possible in Cookie AutoDelete -- looks like it might be. Does anyone have any suggestions?



> What I really want is for all cookies to be deleted when the browser exits, except for the sites assigned to the containers I've created.

Then Cookie AutoDelete (CAD) is exact what you'd want. Firefox has a setting option that deletes all cookies except exception after the browser is closed. But in my opinion, that function is too limited. CAD filters domains on container level, while Firefox's doesn't. CAD also offers regex matching for domains, which is really useful. My favorite feature is greylisting everything in Default Firefox's container (using * regex for greylist).

CAD is compatible and best used with Firefox's Multi-Account Container.

It will take a bit to learn how it works though.


What I really want is for all cookies to be deleted when the browser exits, except for the sites assigned to the containers I've created.

At least Firefox 90.x has a checkbox "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" in the privacy section, along with a button to "Manage exceptions..."


I would much rather this be when tab close rather than browser close.

I rarely close my browser except for updates, or when I'm spe cifcally taking advantage of delete on exit. However, delete on tab close would be dreamy.

I don't really want it to be an extension. I don't like the power given to extensions, so the less I use the better. Sorry decent extension devs, for me the bad guys have tarnished the trust to just not want to use any.


This is what I do, I have it clear cookies every 60 seconds, but it keeps my container cookies. Just set the site to 'always open in ..' the specific container, and all is good.

In settings for CAD, enable container support

https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/wiki/...


Containers are such a great concepts that I wish was built upon slightly more in the browser so that we can achieve things like that.


Go into firefox preferences > privacy/security There's a checkbox a bit down the page that says: Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed




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