What is the "Cookie Editor" extension and how does it work?

This extension does not have a persistent background script which means that it has no effect on your browser performance while it is not being used (if your browser supports the non-persistent background type). Once the toolbar button is pressed, the extension injects a single-line script to each page and all its subframes to gather all the origins that are present on the current page. Then for each origin, the extension asks your browser to provide all the related cookies whether they are reachable by JavaScript engine or not). When the cookies are ready, the panel will load with all the information. This usually takes about a second or two for the popup to perform all these actions. Once the data are available, you can click on each origin and browse all the cookies. The editor will be populated with the currently selected cookie which allows you to edit different properties related to the current cookie.

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What is the meaning of each item in the editor section?

• Name: the actual cookie name
• Value: the actual value of the cookie
• Path: this is useful to limit the cookie access to the specified path only (not all pages in the same domain will have access to this cookie). To ignore this option use “/“ value.
• Expiration date: this option will tell your browser when this cookie is supposed to be invalidated. This option is mandatory unless the cookie is set only for the current session which invalidates the cookie when the browser is closed.
• HttpOnly: if this option is checked, JavaScript will not have access to this cookie
• HostOnly: if the HostOnly flag is true and the canonicalized request-host is identical to the cookie’s domain. If it is false and the canonicalized request-host domain-matches the cookie’s domain.
• Secure: if this option is checked, your browser will not provide the cookie in clear text format.

How can I edit a single cookie?

Simply select the cookie and all its properties will be populated in the editor section. Now edit whatever that is needed and press the save button. If you need to start over, use the "Reset" button which ignores the current values and read them once again from the stored cookie.

What's new in this version?

Please check the Logs section.

How can I delete a cookie?

Exactly similar to the editing section, select a single cookie and press the "Remove" button. Note that removing a cookie is not reversible action. Still, you can create a new cookie with the same name and value once again. To delete multiple cookies, use the checkbox next to each cookie and select multiple items, then click on the "Delete" button.

Can I use this extension to import or export cookies?

In the editor (popup interface), select those cookies that you need to be exported. The "Export" button appears in the toolbar area. You can press this button to export cookies in the JSON format (the file will be located in the default download directory of your browser). If you need to use these cookies with Wget or Curl command-line utilities, you can press the Shift key while exporting to generate the text version of cookies that is compatible with these command-line tools. Use the options page of the extension to import this JSON file. As of version 0.1.4, you can import these cookies from the popup interface. Press the Shift key while clicking the "New / Import" button on a domain section and import cookies for this domain. Note that the import button only imports cookies to a specific domain and all these new cookie entries need to be manually saved by pressing the "Save" button when the cookie is selected. This is usuful to import a few domain-specific cookies. If you need to import cookies for different domains, use the options page. The options page accepts the exported JSON format, but the popup interface accepts both TEXT and JSON formats.

Can I search for cookies without opening the destination URL?

Yes, use the right-click context menu item over the toolbar button to bring the search box up. Now enter the domain and then press the Enter key. Cookie Editor will open in a new browser tab with cookies belong to the search query.