ChromeCookiesView Changelog

What's new in ChromeCookiesView 1.76

Feb 16, 2024
  • Added 'Sort By' toolbar button.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.75 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • When the cookies file is locked by Chrome Web browser, ChromeCookiesView now displays an error message.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.74 (Nov 24, 2023)

  • Fixed a problem with decrypting cookies from external drive on Windows 11 22H2.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.73 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • Updated to keep the scroll position after you delete cookies.
  • Added 'Brave Cookies File' button to the 'Advanced Options' window.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.72 (Oct 15, 2022)

  • If you try to delete cookies while the cookies file is locked by the Web browser, ChromeCookiesView now displays the appropriate message.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.71 (Aug 15, 2022)

  • Added 'Show Milliseconds In Time' option.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.70 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • ChromeCookiesView now automatically detects the cookies file of the last used profile, when there are multiple profiles.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.69 (Jan 7, 2022)

  • Fixed bug in the 'Edge Cookies File' button.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.68 (Dec 27, 2021)

  • Updated to work properly with the new cookies file location (Under the Network subfolder).
  • Fixed the external drive feature to work properly if you sign in with Microsoft account.
  • Be aware that in order to decrypt the cookies created while you signed in with Microsoft account, you have to provide the random DPAPI password generated for your Microsoft account instead of the actual login password. You can find this DPAPI password with the MadPassExt tool.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.67 (Dec 9, 2021)

  • Added 'Copy Clicked Cell' option to the right-click context menu, which copies to the clipboard the text of cell that you right-clicked with the mouse.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.66 (Oct 2, 2021)

  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.65 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Added 'Decode Escape Sequence' option (turned on by default). You can turn off this option if you want to get the original name/value without escape sequence decoding.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.61 (May 28, 2020)

  • Fixed ChromeCookiesView to decrypt the new cookies encryption on Opera Web browser (The 'Local State' file is stored inside the profile instead of the parent folder)

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.60 (Feb 19, 2020)

  • Added support for decrypting the encrypted cookie values of Chrome/Chromium version 80 or later (They changed the encryption algorithm).
  • Be aware that the 'Local State' file ( located inside the 'User Data' folder) contains the encryption key needed to decrypt the cookies of Chromium 80.
  • In most cases, ChromeCookiesView will find your 'Local State' file automatically, but if it fails to find this file from some reason, you can manually type the 'Local State' filename in the 'Advanced Options' window.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.58 (Feb 2, 2020)

  • Added 'Edge Cookies File' button to the 'Advanced Options' window, which automatically fills the cookies file of the new Chromium-Based Edge Web browser.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.57 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • The decryption process of external drive cookies is now much faster.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.56 (Aug 8, 2019)

  • Added 'Add Remark Line To cookies.txt' option. When it's turned on, '# Netscape HTTP Cookie File' header line is added to cookies.txt file format.
  • When pressing F5 (Refresh) the refresh process is smoother, keeping the selected item and scroll position.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.55 (Jul 4, 2019)

  • Added /DeleteCookiesWildcard which allows you to delete cookies from command-line that match the specified wildcard, for example:
  • /DeleteCookiesWildcard "*.Google.com"

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.51 (May 27, 2019)

  • Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.50 (Jan 19, 2019)

  • Added /DeleteCookies command-line option to delete cookies from command-line.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.48 (Jan 19, 2019)

  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option (Turned on by default).
  • Fixed bug: ChromeCookiesView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.47 (May 8, 2018)

  • Fixed to read the cookies file in the latest versions of Chrome.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.46 (Oct 22, 2017)

  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.45 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • Added 'Decrypt cookies from external drive' option (In 'Advanced Options' window). In order to decrypt the cookies from external drive, you have to specify the Protect folder of Windows (e.g: F:Usersuser1AppDataRoamingMicrosoftProtect ) and the login password of the user.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.40 (Jun 7, 2017)

  • Added option to specify the cookies file from command-line, for example: ChromeCookiesView.exe /CookiesFile "c:tempcookies"
  • Added Auto-Complete support for the cookies file text-box.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.35 (May 9, 2017)

  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and ChromeCookiesView will instantly filter the cookies, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.30 (Mar 23, 2017)

  • Added option to save in cookies.txt format (In File -> Save Selected Items option)
  • Added /scookiestxt command-line option to save in cookies.txt format.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.25 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Added new buttons to easily choose the cookies file of Chrome-base Web browsers: 'Vivaldi Cookies File', 'Yandex Cookies File' (Advanced Options window).

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.20 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Fixed ChromeCookiesView to display the value of encrypted cookies.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.15 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Fixed to work properly with the latest version of Chrome

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.12 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • Added 'Opera Cookies File' button to the 'Advanced Options' window, which allows you to easily use this tool to view the cookies of Opera Web browser. (Opera is now based on the code of Chrome Web browser...)
  • Fixed the 'Default Cookies File' button in the 'Advanced Options' window.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.11 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • Fixed bug: ChromeCookiesView deleted cookies that are not selected if they had the same creation time.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.10 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
  • Fixed to display date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.
  • Fixed a crash problem occurred in some systems.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.05 (May 24, 2014)

  • Added option to copy the selected cookies in Netscape cookies.txt format (Ctrl+N)

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.02 (May 31, 2011)

  • Fixed a crash problem that occurred when loading the cookies.

New in ChromeCookiesView 1.01 (May 31, 2011)

  • Fixed bug: The date/time columns displayed incorrect values.