Clear Browsing Data
Delete browsing data directly from the browser toolbar. Clear cookies, history and cache with a single click.
What is Clear Browsing Data?
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Summary
Clear Browsing Data is a Firefox extension which enables you to delete browsing data, such as cookies, history and cache, directly from the browser toolbar. The toolbar button can be configured to clear all browsing data with a single click, or to show a list of data types available for clearing.
The continued development of Clear Browsing Data is made possible thanks to the support of awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider contributing with Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin.
The extension also supports closing and reloading tabs, these features can be configured from the extension's options.
Supported data types:
- Cookies
- Browsing history
- Cached images and files
- Autofill form data
- Download history
- Service Workers
- Plugin data
- Saved passwords
- IndexedDB data
- Local storage data
Relevant Firefox bugs:
- Data saved with the Cache API is not cleared (1526246)
- The HTTP authentication cache is not cleared (1535606)
- Clearing downloads only removes them from the current session, downloads from previous sessions can be removed by clearing the history (1380445)
- The cache and local storage are cleared entirely regardless of the requested time interval
- Clearing the history also removes downloads and service workers
Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests. https://github.com/dessant/clear-browsing-data
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- works well
- easy to use
- helps with security
Cons
- issues with compatibility
- previous versions ran flawlessly
Most mentioned
- good
- clear
- does not work
- security
- compatibility
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Clear Browsing Data is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Clear Browsing Data has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.