CookieCrumble

The Problem

Tracking cookies are everywhere. Anyone who has searched for a birthday gift knows the result: matching ads appearing on nearly every website for weeks. Cookies store what you’ve viewed, searched and clicked – often across multiple sites, unnoticed and over a long period of time.

But websites store even more: localStorage holds shopping carts, user profiles and app states – usually without you knowing.

The obvious solution would be to regularly delete all cookies. But that comes with a significant drawback: you get logged out of everything. Online banking, email accounts, personal settings – everything has to be set up or signed in to again.

The Solution: CookieCrumble

CookieCrumble solves this problem. The Safari extension shows you exactly which cookies and website data a site has stored – and lets you decide what stays and what gets deleted:

• View cookies for the current website and delete them individually or all at once
• Tracking cookies like _ga, _fbp or _gid are automatically detected and highlighted in orange – deleted with one tap
• Website Data: view and delete localStorage and sessionStorage entries for any domain individually
• Block known trackers: Optionally removes known tracker cookies and storage entries automatically when each page loads
• Overview of all domains with stored cookies
• Auto-Delete: automatically delete cookies and website data of a domain as soon as you close its last tab
• Whitelist: add domains that should never be deleted – ideal for your bank, email or other important logins
• Badge in the Safari toolbar shows the current cookie count

Mac

iPhone

iPad

CookieCrumble is available on the App Store for Mac, iPad and iPhone. For a one-time payment of $4.99 you can use the app across all three platforms.