What features does Cookie-Editor offer for managing cookies?
Cookie-Editor is a browser extension and add-on that lets you create, edit, and delete cookies for the current tab, and it is built to keep those tasks to as few clicks as possible. It is aimed at people who need to inspect or change cookies directly — for example while developing a web page, testing a site, or managing cookies manually for privacy. It is available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera, with mobile versions for Firefox on Android and Safari on iOS.
Core cookie management features
The extension centers on a short list of actions you perform against the cookies of the page you are currently viewing:
- View a list of all the cookies on the current page.
- Create a new cookie.
- Edit an existing cookie.
- Delete one cookie or all cookies.
- Export and import cookies, including exporting directly to your clipboard for easy sharing or saving.
According to the site, you can view the cookie list, create or modify a cookie, and delete a cookie in a maximum of three clicks. That low click count is the main productivity claim behind the tool.
Import and export for sharing or backup
Beyond editing individual cookies, Cookie-Editor can export cookies to your clipboard and import them back. This is useful when you want to save a cookie state, move it to another browser or machine, or hand a set of cookies to someone else for testing. The site frames this as making it easy to share or save cookies.
Where you can access it
Cookie-Editor is reachable from more than one place in the browser:
- From your toolbar
- From your DevTools
- From your phone (on the supported mobile browsers)
The mobile versions use an interface optimized for touchscreens, so the same cookie management tasks are available on a phone or tablet.
Who it is intended for
The site lists several use cases rather than a single audience:
- Development — optimizing time when working on a web page.
- Software quality assurance — testing a website.
- SEO work — the site notes it could benefit an SEO expert.
- Manual cookie management — managing your own cookies for privacy.
Availability and openness
Cookie-Editor is available on Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera, plus Firefox for Android and Safari for iOS. It is described as simple, secure, and open-source, and the source code is published on GitHub under moustachauve/cookie-editor. The project is developed by Christophe Gagnier (Moustachauve), and suggestions or bug reports are handled through the GitHub issue tracker.
If your goal is quick, click-light cookie editing on a current tab — with import/export for moving cookie data around — Cookie-Editor covers exactly that set of tasks across the major desktop browsers and two mobile platforms.