🧹 TabWipe

Auto-delete cookies when you close tabs. The MV3 replacement for Cookie AutoDelete.

Why?

Cookie AutoDelete was the go-to extension for automatic cookie cleanup. When Chrome killed Manifest V2, CAD died with it — their README literally says "MV3 makes this extension impossible as designed."

TabWipe is built from scratch for MV3. No legacy code, no workarounds.

How it works

1. Close a tab → TabWipe checks if you still have that domain open in another tab
2. No other tabs? → Cookies for that domain are automatically deleted after a 5-second delay
3. Whitelisted? → Cookies are kept safe

That's it. Simple, reliable, private.

Technical approach

The key insight: CAD's architecture was "impossible" to port because it relied on persistent background pages and in-memory state. TabWipe takes a different approach:

• chrome.tabs.onRemoved — Event-driven, wakes the service worker on tab close
• chrome.tabs.query({}) — Rebuilds state from scratch every time, never trusts memory
• chrome.alarms — Fallback sweep every 5 min catches anything missed during SW sleep
• chrome.storage — All config persists across SW restarts

Core logic is ~500 lines. Service worker goes to sleep? Fine, everything rebuilds on wake.

Features

Free

• ✅ Auto-delete cookies on tab close
• ✅ Per-domain whitelist (synced across devices)
• ✅ Live cookie count badge
• ✅ Deletion statistics
• ✅ Dark/light mode

Pro ($3.99 one-time)

• ✅ Wildcard & regex domain rules
• ✅ Smart tracking cookie detection
• ✅ Per-cookie granularity
• ✅ Scheduled cleanup (age-based rules)
• ✅ Import/export configuration
• ✅ Detailed statistics dashboard

Install

Chrome Web Store

Install TabWipe → (link coming soon)

From source

git clone https://github.com/4ier/tabwipe.git

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable "Developer mode"
3. Click "Load unpacked" → select the tabwipe folder

Privacy

Zero data collection. No analytics, no telemetry, no phone-home. All data stays in your browser. Full privacy policy →

Project structure

tabwipe/
├── manifest.json          # MV3 manifest
├── background.js          # Service worker (~540 lines)
├── lib/
│   ├── cookie-manager.js  # Cookie CRUD
│   ├── tab-tracker.js     # Open tab → domain mapping
│   ├── whitelist.js       # Whitelist management
│   ├── rules-engine.js    # Pro: advanced rules
│   ├── license.js         # Pro: license validation
│   ├── stats.js           # Deletion statistics
│   └── storage.js         # Storage abstraction
├── popup/                 # Extension popup UI
├── options/               # Settings page
└── docs/                  # Landing page (GitHub Pages)

License

MIT