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Vanilla Cookie Manager is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to cookies for specific web sites you trust. Some users looking for anonymity will turn off cookies for everything they do in a browser, for others, utilizing certain cookies helps give them functionality when surfing the web. Vanilla Cookie Manager lets you certain cookies so you can get the functionality you need without giving away data about yourself online.

How to use Vanilla Cookie Manager for Chrome

Begin the installation process for Vanilla Cookie Manager here.

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Click “Add to Chrome.”

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Then, confirm you want to install the extension by clicking “Add.”

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A few seconds later, Chrome will let you know you’ve installed the Vanilla Cookie Manager is finished and ready to use.

“Left-click the Vanilla Cookie Manager icon” in your browser bar.

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You can easily add any web site to your by doing this, then clicking “Add to .” You’ll be able to add a sub domain or a whole domain to the as well. You can also clear cookies from your browser here by clicking “Clear unwanted Cookies.”

Now, click “Show Options.”

This will open the Vanilla Cookie Manager options for Chrome.

The first section – Whitelist – will let you add web sites as you see fit instead of simply adding them from the browser bar.

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The second section – Options – will let you change how Vanilla Cookie Manager works for you.

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You can clear cookies on startup, protect your cookies and show changes when the extension is updated.

The third section – Feedback – allows you to help make Vanilla Cookie Manager better by providing feedback, suggestions and issues you have with the extension in Chrome.

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The fourth section – Diagnostics and Tools – gives you a variety of ways to work with the information saved by Vanilla Cookie Manager.

Logging allows you to log cookies for future reference.

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Sites with unwanted cookies gives you a cookies log of all the ones saved in your browser since your last clearing.

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Sites with cookies on gives you a log of the cookies you’re keeping in the browser history.

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Sites with protected cookies gives you a log of protected cookies within Chrome.

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Export/Import whitelist allows you to export and import cookie logs for use in Vanilla Cookie Manager.

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Why manage your cookies to begin with?

Most Internet users simply browse the web with little thought to the information being collected on them. Cookies are one such collection tool. Cookies are created at every web site, service and app you use online. They store data on you, change when your circumstances are changed and stick around until you delete them. By managing your cookies, you can help protect your information from prying eyes online.

Download Vanilla Cookie Manager.