Where does Chrome store its cookie file?

Question

AFAIK Google Chrome uses an SQLite file to save cookies. I've tried to locate this file under my Windows 7 but couldn't locate it.

I've found one file only, under C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default, but it didn't have SQLite extension, and even when I even tried to open it using an SQLite browser, it didn't recognize the file.

I know I can see those cookies from Chrome settings section, but I am trying to read the cookies file content through my Delphi project, so I will appreciate it so much if anyone can please help me by telling me where I can find Google Chrome cookies SQLite file or how I can read Google Chrome cookies file.

Answer 1

We already have Mac OS X and Windows here, so I'll just add Linux for the benefit of web searchers.

You can find the cookies database at

~/.config/google-chrome/Default/

If you can find it there, I'll have you know that the ~/.config/ part comes from where you or your distribution have set the variable $XDG_CONFIG_HOME to point at.

Freedesktop.org, the standards body for this specification, recommends ~/.config/ to be the default and that's what distros follow.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

For anyone who needs this on Mac OS X, the file is located at ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies

Answer 4

To access Google Chrome cookies, in order to remove a specific one:

• Click the button (3 horizontal bars, upper right of browser) to customize and control Google Chrome.
• Select 'Settings'
• scroll to bottom and select 'Show Advanced Settings...'
• Under Privacy' click the 'Content Settings' button
• Under 'Cookies' click the 'All cookies and site data...' button

This shows you a list of all site cookies, by site name.