Wipeout Auto

Tracking since May 8, 2026.

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• May 12, 2026
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  What it does
  
  - Per-site cleanup on leave. When the last tab on a domain is closed (or the only tab navigates away), Wipeout Auto clears that site's cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, cache storage, service workers, and history entries — after a configurable delay (default 5 seconds).
  - Whitelist to stay logged in. Whitelisted domains keep their cookies / localStorage / IndexedDB so you don't lose login state. Cache, service workers, and history are still cleared.
  - Wildcard whitelist entries. Add *.example.com to whitelist every subdomain. The leading dot is required so evilexample.com doesn't accidentally match. example.com and *.example.com are independent — whitelist each separately if you want both.
  - Full sweep on browser startup. Optionally, clears all non-whitelisted domains plus a global pass for cache, downloads, form data, and history.
  - Activity log. Every cleanup is logged with the trigger, domain, whitelist status, categories cleared, and cookie count. Capped at 2000 entries; entries older than 30 days auto-purge.
  
  Using it
  
  Popup (toolbar icon)
  - Shows the current site, the live cookie count, and up to three whitelist candidates (parent-wildcard, self-wildcard, apex). Click Whitelist / Remove to toggle each.
  - Clean Now clears the current site immediately. If the site is whitelisted, you'll get a confirmation prompt — proceeding overrides the whitelist for that single cleanup.
  "Last cleaned for " line shows the most recent cleanup timestamp.
  - Open Settings opens the full settings page.
  
  Settings page
  - Whitelist: add, remove, or review whitelisted domains. Apex (example.com) and wildcard (*.example.com) are stored as separate entries.
  
  Advanced settings:
  - Auto-cleanup delay (0–30 seconds). The grace period between a tab closing and cleanup firing. Reopening the site within this window cancels the cleanup.
  - Categories to clear, separately for non-whitelisted vs whitelisted domains. Defaults: non-whitelisted clears everything; whitelisted preserves cookies / localStorage / IndexedDB.
  - Browser startup full sweep toggle. The categories cleared at startup are not individually configurable — only the toggle.
  - Reset to defaults button restores the original advanced settings.
  - Activity log with relative timestamps (hover for absolute), trigger, domain, whitelist status, categories cleared, and cookie count. Filter by domain.

  Automatically clears cookies, localStorage, IndexedDB, cache storage, service workers, and history when you leave a site — with a configurable whitelist to stay logged in.
  
  Built in the spirit of Cookie AutoDelete, which is no longer maintained for Chromium MV3. Wipeout Auto is MV3-native and adds per-category controls, a browser-restart full sweep, and JSON whitelist import/export.
  
  What it does
  
  - Per-site cleanup on leave. When the last tab on a domain is closed (or the only tab navigates away), Wipeout Auto clears that site's cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, cache storage, service workers, and history entries — after a configurable delay (default 5 seconds).
  - Whitelist to stay logged in. Whitelisted domains keep their cookies / localStorage / IndexedDB so you don't lose login state. Cache, service workers, and history are still cleared.
  - Wildcard whitelist entries. Add *.example.com to whitelist every subdomain. The leading dot is required so evilexample.com doesn't accidentally match. example.com and *.example.com are independent — whitelist each separately if you want both.
  - Full sweep on browser startup. Optionally, clears all non-whitelisted domains plus a global pass for cache, downloads, form data, and history.
  - Activity log. Every cleanup is logged with the trigger, domain, whitelist status, categories cleared, and cookie count. Capped at 2000 entries; entries older than 30 days auto-purge.
  
  Using it
  
  Popup (toolbar icon)
  - Shows the current site, the live cookie count, and up to three whitelist candidates (parent-wildcard, self-wildcard, apex). Click Whitelist / Remove to toggle each.
  - Clean Now clears the current site immediately. If the site is whitelisted, you'll get a confirmation prompt — proceeding overrides the whitelist for that single cleanup.
  "Last cleaned for " line shows the most recent cleanup timestamp.
  - Open Settings opens the full settings page.
  
  Settings page
  - Whitelist: add, remove, or review whitelisted domains. Apex (example.com) and wildcard (*.example.com) are stored as separate entries.
  
  Advanced settings:
  - Auto-cleanup delay (0–30 seconds). The grace period between a tab closing and cleanup firing. Reopening the site within this window cancels the cleanup.
  - Categories to clear, separately for non-whitelisted vs whitelisted domains. Defaults: non-whitelisted clears everything; whitelisted preserves cookies / localStorage / IndexedDB.
  - Browser startup full sweep toggle. The categories cleared at startup are not individually configurable — only the toggle.
  - Reset to defaults button restores the original advanced settings.
  - Activity log with relative timestamps (hover for absolute), trigger, domain, whitelist status, categories cleared, and cookie count. Filter by domain.
  
  Full documentation: https://github.com/johngplma/wipeout-auto/wiki

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