Inspect Buddy

About

Inspect Buddy is a One-Click powerful, privacy-focused Chrome browser extension that provides developers, QA testers, and power users with instant access to browser cache management and application storage inspection—all without opening Chrome DevTools. This lightweight tool combines cache clearing functionality with a comprehensive application data viewer, making it an essential productivity tool for web development and testing workflows.

Core Capabilities

1. One-Click Inspect, Cache & Data Clearing:

- Instantly clear browser cache and site data for the last 24 hours
- Clears appcache, cache, cache storage, cookies, downloads, file systems, form data, history, IndexedDB, localStorage, plugin data, service workers, and WebSQL
- Confirmation dialog shows exactly what will be cleared before execution
- Fast, reliable clearing powered by Chrome's native browsingData API

2. Multiple Refresh Options:

- Normal Refresh
- Hard Refresh
- Empty Cache & Refresh

3. Per-Origin Data Management:

- Clear cache, storage, cookies, and service workers for specific origins only
- Avoid clearing all browser data—target individual websites
- Safer than full browser data wipes when testing specific sites
- Clear sessionStorage independently for granular control

4. Complete Application Storage Inspector - View comprehensive application data directly in the popup without DevTools:

- localStorage: View, edit, and delete key-value pairs in real-time
- sessionStorage: View, edit, and delete session-specific data
- Cookies: Display all cookies including HttpOnly cookies (which aren't accessible via JavaScript), with delete functionality
- IndexedDB: List all databases with names and version numbers
- Cache Storage: View all cache keys
- Service Workers: Display all registered service worker scripts with scopes
- Origin Information: Verify which origin the data belongs to

5. Inline Data Updation
Edit, Update, Copy, Save, Delete

6. Developer Tools Integration
- Quick access to Chrome's chrome://discards/ page via three-dot menu
- Helpful for debugging performance and memory issues
- Darkmode

Privacy & Security
✅ 100% Local Processing - No data ever leaves your browser
✅ No Analytics - No tracking, no remote logging, no telemetry
✅ No External Servers - All operations happen locally
✅ No Data Persistence - Inspection results are not stored by the extension

This extension is perfect for anyone who needs quick one click, reliable access to browser cache and storage management without the overhead of opening full DevTools with complex and loads of data.

Keywords: 

Application storage inspector Chrome
Chrome extension inspect cookies and storage
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