selectivecookiedelete is a Firefox addon designed to remove cookies on-demand.
This addon helps you remove cookies from certain hosts based on pre-selected preference. User has the option to either set preference to 1) remove all cookies except cookies from certain hosts 2) remove cookies only from certain specified hosts 3) remove all cookies.
Once the preferences are set, user can apply this preference by normal left click on the cookie icon, added to the status bar. User's selected preference is kept so that user has does not need to type in list of host names again and again. When you use firefox standard option to remove all cookies, you loose useful cookies that store your preferences and logged in sessions.
With this addon you are in control of what you can delete or keep with one simple click. This is useful to periodically remove cookies from sites that put restriction based on information kept in cookies.
Requirements:
· Firefox 3.0 - 7.*
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Multiple ways to access the addon:
· Short cut key: Ctrl+Shift+S or Cmd+Shift+S
· New menu added in the "Tools" menu
· Menu button that can be dragged and dropped to addonbar, or on the menubar (Only FF4.0 and above)
· Addonbar (Statusbar) button/icon retained for backward compatibility and because users are familiar with that already. This might get removed in future
· Alert notification message after cookies are deleted
· Changed icon/image
· Change in some text messages for clarity