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Categories

Wipeout Auto can clear six categories of site data. Each can be toggled independently for non-whitelisted domains and whitelisted domains in Settings → Advanced settings → Categories to clear.

Cookies

Small text files that store session tokens, login state, preferences, tracking IDs, etc. Clearing cookies almost always logs you out of a site.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: kept

Local storage

Key/value data the site stores in the browser via localStorage. Often holds login tokens, drafts, settings, and feature flags. Many modern apps log you out if local storage is cleared even if cookies are kept.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: kept

IndexedDB

A larger structured-data store — used by web apps for offline caches, message history, attachments, and similar. Gmail, Slack, Discord, Figma, and most "app-like" sites rely on it.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: kept

Cache storage

Per-site request/response cache used by Service Workers (Cache API). Different from the browser's HTTP cache. Clearing it makes the next page load fetch fresh assets but does not affect login state.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: cleared

Service workers

Background scripts a site can register to run offline, push notifications, or intercept network requests. Unregistering them is harmless — the site re-registers on the next visit. Clearing this can help if a site behaves oddly or you want to be sure no background script lingers.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: cleared

History

The browser's URL history entries for the domain. Clearing means visited links won't appear purple anymore for that site, and the URLs won't show in autocomplete.

  • Default for non-whitelisted: cleared
  • Default for whitelisted: cleared

Categories not in the per-domain settings

A few categories are not per-origin clearable in Chrome's API and are therefore handled only during the startup full sweep as a global pass:

  • HTTP cache — the browser's standard request cache.
  • Downloads — your downloads list (the files themselves are not deleted).
  • Form data — autofill suggestions for forms.

These are also cleared during the very first sweep after install.

Picking your defaults

Goal Recommended
Stay logged in everywhere — paranoid about everything else Clear cache/SW/history for whitelisted; default for non-whitelisted.
Aggressive — clear everything for non-whitelisted, hands off whitelisted Whitelisted: untick all six. Non-whitelisted: tick all six.
Privacy-mode — clear cookies even for whitelisted, but keep app data offline Whitelisted: tick cookies, untick localStorage/IndexedDB. (Most apps will still re-prompt to log in.)

Whatever you pick, the whitelist still controls which profile applies to a given domain — the toggles only control what each profile does.

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