Cookie Stumbler Basic

Cookie Stumbler Basic is a reliable privacy protection software that enables you to clean the cookies saved on your computer. This action is especially useful in case tracking cookies are saved on your system. The software can reveal the number of cookies saved from each domain, regardless of which browser you use.

The cookies used by several websites are pieces of data transferred from a Web server to a browser. The cookies are a type of message that allows the Internet servers to identify users and configure websites’ layout according to their preferences or save login information. If a website uses cookies the creators are required to display a notification about this fact.

The information is sent to the Web browser you are currently using in the form of a cookie and stored for later use. Cookie Stumbler Basic is capable of detecting all the cookies saved on your computer, regardless of which browser was used. It can list all the separate domains, as well as the number of cookies saved from each one of them.

The software allows you to clean all the cookies or only a selective list of them. You may view all the entries in the list, then check the individual ‘Keep’ boxes only for those you wish to maintain. The rest, the ones that are not checked can instantly be erased. Moreover, the software marks the domains that use tracking cookies, which might present a privacy risk for you, as well as the secure domains.

You may configure two lists: the Keeplist and the Blacklist. The Keeplist includes the domains you cookie-using domains that you never want to erase, while the opposite collection hosts domains that you do not wish to send information to.

Cookie Stumbler Basic allows you to keep your computer clear from cookies, especially from those that use trackers and might present a risk for your data privacy. The software is reliable and intuitive, however, it could benefit from a function that schedules and automates the cookie erasure.