Installation

Installation

Chrome Web Store

Install Wipeout Auto — click Add to Chrome and confirm the permissions prompt.

Unpacked (developer install)

Use this if you want to install from source, contribute, or run a fork.

1. Clone or download the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/johngplma/wipeout-auto.git

2. Open chrome://extensions/ in Chrome (or any Chromium browser — Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi).
3. Toggle Developer mode on (top right).
4. Click Load unpacked.
5. Select the wipeout-auto/ folder.

The Wipeout Auto icon will appear in the toolbar. Click it to whitelist the current site or run an immediate cleanup. Right-click the icon → Options for full settings.

Permissions requested

Permission	Why it's needed
storage	Save the whitelist, settings, and activity log to chrome.storage.local.
tabs	Detect when a tab closes or navigates away from a domain so cleanup can fire.
browsingData	Clear cookies, localStorage, IndexedDB, cache, service workers, etc.
cookies	Count cookies for the activity log; enumerate domains during the startup full sweep.
history	Remove history entries for cleaned domains.
host_permissions: <all_urls>	Cleanups must work on any domain you visit. The extension never reads page contents.

No data leaves your machine. See PRIVACY.md for details.

Updating

• Web Store install — Chrome auto-updates the extension.
• Unpacked install — git pull in the project folder, then click the reload icon for Wipeout Auto on chrome://extensions/.

Uninstalling

Right-click the toolbar icon → Remove from Chrome…, or remove from chrome://extensions/. All stored data (whitelist, settings, logs) is deleted with the extension.