Where does Chrome store cookies?
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Let's say I set a cookie using the setcookie()
function in PHP
:
setcookie('name','foo',false,'/',false);
I can see it in:
chrome://settings/cookies
However, I can not find the actual file stored on my hard disk. Can anyone tell me where this specific cookie is stored on the hard disk?
Google Chrome Solutions
Solution 1 - Google Chrome
The answer is due to the fact that Google Chrome uses an SQLite file to save cookies. It resides under:
C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
inside Cookies
file. (which is an SQLite database file)
So it's not a file stored on hard drive but a row in an SQLite database file which can be read by a third party program such as: SQLite Database Browser
EDIT: Thanks to @Chexpir, it is also good to know that the values are stored encrypted.
Solution 2 - Google Chrome
For Google chrome Version 97.0.4692.71 (Latest Release) cookies are found inside the Network folder.
There is a file called "Cookies".
Path : C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network
Remember to replace user_name.
Solution 3 - Google Chrome
You can find a solution on SuperUser :
Chrome cookies folder in Windows 7:-
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
You'll need a program like SQLite Database Browser to read it.
For Mac OS X, the file is located at :-
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies
Solution 4 - Google Chrome
On Windows the path is:
C:\Users\<current_user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\<Profile 1>\Cookies(Type:File)
Chrome doesn't store each cookies in separate text file. It stores all of the cookies together in a single file in the profile folder. That file is not readable.
Solution 5 - Google Chrome
Actually the current browsing path to the Chrome cookies in the address bar is: chrome://settings/content/cookies
Solution 6 - Google Chrome
For Google chrome Version 56.0.2924.87 (Latest Release) cookies are found inside profile1 folder.
If you browse that you can find variety of information.
There is a separate file called "Cookies". Also the Cache folder is inside this folder.
Path : C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1
Remember to replace user_name.
For Version 61.0.3163.100
Path :
C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Inside this folder there is Cookies file and Cache folder.
Solution 7 - Google Chrome
Since the expiration time is zero (the third argument, the first false
) the cookie is a session cookie, which will expire when the current session ends. (See the setcookie
reference).
Therefore it doesn't need to be saved.
Solution 8 - Google Chrome
Chromium on Linux: it's an SQLite3 database, located at:
~/.config/chromium/Default/Cookies
Google Chrome is going to be similar, try replace