Cookies Cracker
A browser extension that auto-rejects cookie banners and blocks tracking cookies. No data collected. No servers. Just privacy.
The problem isn't just the banners. It's your privacy.
Most websites place tracking cookies in your browser, and consent banners are designed to make you accept without thinking. Other extensions hide the banner or just accept for you. Cookies Cracker does the opposite: rejects what can be rejected, removes what can't, blocks tracking cookies before they arrive, and shows you exactly what's on every site you visit.
Six layers of protection
Scans the page
When you visit a website, it analyzes the DOM looking for cookie consent banners.
Rejects if possible
If it finds a banner with a "reject" button, it clicks it automatically.
Removes if not
If there's no reject button, it removes the banner from the page entirely.
Blocks known trackers
Blocks tracking cookies from known services before they reach your browser.
Cleans the rest
Classifies and deletes tracking cookies that couldn't be blocked preventively.
Never tracks you
No data is collected, profiled, or sent anywhere. Ever.
The others cut corners. This one doesn't.
Clicks ACCEPT to dismiss banners. Removes the annoyance by accepting all tracking. Now owned by Avast/Gen Digital, an advertising company.
Hides banners with hardcoded CSS selectors per domain. Works well but depends on manually maintained lists that break when a site changes its HTML. Doesn't reject anything, just hides.
Auto-fills consent forms, but needs to know each specific CMP (OneTrust, CookieBot, Quantcast...). If a site uses an unmapped CMP, it does nothing.
Deletes cookies when you close the tab. Doesn't touch banners. Reactive, not preventive.
Blocks trackers by behavior, but doesn't manage banners at all.
Cookies Cracker's approach
Clean, minimal, transparent
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Everything stays in your browser
All data is stored in the browser's local storage:
- List of sites where you've paused the extension.
- List of cookies you've manually blocked.
- Counters: banners rejected, banners dismissed, cookies cracked.
What it needs and why
storage Save your settings, blocklist, and counters locally. cookies Read, delete, and monitor cookies. This is the core of the extension. tabs Know which website you're on to show its cookies and reload the page when pausing. browsingData Clear site data (cookies, localStorage, cache) when pausing the extension on a website. contextMenus Right-click menu to pause/reactivate the extension on a site. scripting Detect which external services each website loads. webRequest Track which domains each tab contacts to identify third-party cookies. webNavigation Detect navigation in frames for partitioned cookies. declarativeNetRequest Rules that block Set-Cookie headers from known tracking domains (doubleclick, facebook, etc.). <all_urls> Needed because cookie banners appear on any website.