Clear Firefox cookies

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Works with any MacWorks with any Mac running macOS/OS X on Intel or Apple Silicon.

• Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
• macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
• Impact: HighSystem Functionality Loss Risk: High
  This action improves privacy with high impact when you run the recommended script.
• Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
• Fully reversible

  You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.

  The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

Overview

Missing Good Quality Documentation

This page does not yet meet PrivacyLearn's documentation standards. However, the script/action is stable and verified by community. Here are some options for you to understand its functionality:

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This preference customization: clear Firefox cookies — simplifies the details surrounding how to reduce data exposure as a result of online data privacy management on macOS.

Building and maintaining reputations online depends on privacy management. To get started with cyber privacy integration parameters, pick what works best and apply it now and start with optimization. If something doesn't seem right, pause and review the instructions again. Most answers can be found in the guide.

References

• Operating System Security & Privacy
• User Privacy: Protecting User Privacy and Personal Data in Operating Systems
• Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy
• Assessing User Understanding, Perception and Behaviour with Privacy and Permission Settings
• privacy.sexy's source code for macOS
• An overview of user privacy preferences modeling and adoption

Technical Details

1. This customization refines user-specific settings to help strengthen information privacy defenses and this helps to benefit from selective data sharing. In relation to keep the system dependable, it helps to realize reduced profile overhead.
2. To be able to reduce important data management risks, this change manages file operations to obtain data privacy protection. This would help maintain better system performance, to achieve efficient data handling.

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Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users.

This script is not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.

Consider creating a Time Machine backup before doing any changes.

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Choose one of three ways to apply:

Download script

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• No app needed
• Offline usage
• Free
• Open-source

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Help

How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox cookies" using script

• ≈ 3 min to complete
• Tools: Web Browser
• Difficulty: Medium
• ≈ 5 instructions

1. 1

   Download

   Download the script file by clicking on the   Apply protection  button above.
   Use   Undo protection button above to restore changes.
2. 2

   Keep the file

   If warned by your browser, keep the file.
3. 3

   Open

   Open the downloaded file.
4. 4

   Exit

   Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
5. 5

   Restart

   Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.

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Guided, automated application with safety checks

• Recommended for most users
• Includes safety checks
• Free
• Open-source
• Popular
• Offline/Online usage

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Help

How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox cookies" using privacy.sexy

• ≈ 3 min to complete
• Tools: privacy.sexy
• Difficulty: Simple
• ≈ 4 instructions

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily with more advanced options.

1. 1

   Open or download

   Open or download the desktop application
2. 2

   Choose script

   1. Search for the script name: Clear Firefox cookies
   2. Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
3. 3

   Run

   Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.

   This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.

Run commands

Copy and run commands manually Requires technical knowledge

Apply

Apply changes

rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.txt
rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite
rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite-shm
rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/cookies.sqlite-wal
rm -rfv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/storage/default/http*

Revert

Restore changes

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Help

How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox cookies" using commands

• ≈ 2 min to complete
• Tools: Terminal app
• Difficulty: undefined
• ≈ 3 instructions

1. 1

   Open terminal

   Open Terminal app.
2. 2

   Copy code

   Copy the code:

   Copy Apply Code Copy Revert Code
3. 3

   Paste & run

   Paste the code into Terminal and press Enter to run.

   Some changes require a system restart to take effect

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  • 7+ years experience securing banks
  • Open-source developer since 2005
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• Open-Source Contributors

  • Hundreds across the globe
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  • Community since 2017

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Reviewed By

This guide has undergone comprehensive auditing and peer review:

• Expert review by undergroundwires

  • Verified technical accuracy and editorial standards
  • Assessed system impact and user privacy risks
  • Audited and verified using automated security tests

• Public review by large community

  • Privacy enthusiasts and professionals peer-reviewed
  • Millions of end-users tested across different environments
  • Audited and verified using third-party security software

History

We continually monitor our guides, their impact and other potential privacy options. We update our guides when new information becomes available. On every update, we publicly store who made the change, what has been changed, why the change was made and when the change was made.

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