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Created November 30, 2019 11:21
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a small script written in BASH script to clean Chrome and Firefox cookies for linux
echo "BrowserClean Script by Rik"
echo "================================================================================"
echo "Deleting Chrome cache and cookies";
mkdir ~/.clean;
cp ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks ~/.clean;
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/;
mkdir ~/.config/google-chrome/Default;
cp ~/.clean/Bookmarks ~/.config/google-chrome/Default;
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/places.sqlite ~/.clean;
rm -rf ~/.cache/google-chrome
echo "Deleting Firefox Cookies" ;
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/cookies.sqlite;
echo "Deleting Firefox History";
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/*.sqlite;
cp ~/.clean/places.sqlite ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default;
rm -rf ~/.clean;
echo "For Firefox History won't be deleted as history and bookmarks are stored at the same place";
echo "Have a good one";
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