Where are cookies stored?

[boristhemoggy]

Hi, once again used up several hours trying to establish where cookies are stored in the browser. There is no folder called cookies and I can't find any reference to them apart from ion the privacy section.
Basically I want to delete some.
Can some kind person save my sanity and tell me where to find them?

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[DoctorG]

@boristhemoggy Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default in Explorer and see the SQLite database file Cookies, but you can not edit it easy.

But you can delete cookies in Vivaldi Settings → Privacy → Show Saved Cookies or in internal page chrome://settings/siteData or if visiting a website click the lock, select Cookies, expand the cookies tree, select the ones you want to delete, hit Remove and close with Done

[boristhemoggy]

Ahh thanks I wish to delete just some and not others, I think I need a third party cookie manager. Thanks anyway.

[boristhemoggy]

@doctorg Also, no such folder as %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default

[TbGbe]

@boristhemoggy said in Where are cookies stored?:

@doctorg Also, no such folder as %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default

Check Help-About (in Vivaldi) for the location of the "profile folder"

I wish to delete just some and not others

To delete only some cookies try

Settings/Privacy - Saved Cookies
or use the url chrome://settings/cookies

[Pathduck]

@boristhemoggy

[DoctorG]

@boristhemoggy No need for extra cookie manager:
Open chrome://settings/siteData
Use Search for domain to manage cookies
Show the cookie by selecting the triangle
Delete it with ⓧ button

[boristhemoggy]

@doctorg Yeah the problem is I've got cookies from 3000+ domains lol
Many I want to keep as I auto log in to most websites, but the rest I want rid of. I just sort of want a list I can go through clicking 'delete' as I go
Sadly it appears there's few cookie managers out there

[boristhemoggy]

@boristhemoggy Oh that link does exactly what I want it too! Thanks!!!

[Pathduck]

@boristhemoggy said in Where are cookies stored?:

the problem is I've got cookies from 3000+ domains lol

If so I recommend:

1. Blocking 3rd-party cookies will stop of a lot of these from being saved. It might break a couple of sites, but it's worth it in terms of privacy and just running a clean ship.

2. Install an extension like Cookie Autodelete or Site Bleacher to whitelist sites you want to keep cookies from, while deleting everything else when the tab is closed.
   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh
   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/site-bleacher/mlcfcepfmnjphcdkfbfgokkjodlkmemo

This will save you from having to regularly clean up a mess of cookies on the system. I currently have 600 cookies from about 180 whitelisted domains (a "domain" in this context often also includes subdomains/hosts).

[boristhemoggy]

@pathduck Well the problem stems from that if you want the cookie preference engines to store your data you must allow cookies.
However over a year I have found that so many companies are unreachable on the cookie preference sites.
So yes, I am now going back to session cookies only, and whitelisting.