What is a Cookie Cleaner ?

A cookie cleaner is software for removing unwanted cookies from the hard disks.


History of the cookie cleaner
When cookies were designed and implemented into its browser in 1995, Netscape had not thought about cookie cleaners. Then cookies used to be automatically enabled by default. It was soon discovered that cookies were being used for invasive purposes which precipitated the need for a cookie cleaner.
 

Evolution of the cookie cleaner
The initial cookie cleaning programs were simply built into the utility programs as a bonus feature. They did not prevent cookies from being set on the computer. Instead they just deleted all cookies found on the hard drive at boot-up or alternatively at shut down. This posed problems for users because it led to useful cookies to be deleted alongwith unwanted ones.

 

The cookie cleaners were soon modified and the cookie cleaners had an image makeover to become cookie managers exercising greater control over cookies. This enabled users to preserve desirable cookies. The Cookie Crusher brought put by the Limit Software was perhaps the most popular cookie cleaner and manager. It not only cleaned cookies but also prevented cookies from being placed on the computer.

 


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Emergence of the new generation cookie cleaner
In course of time it was seen that the cookie cleaners failed to address specific user needs. This led to the emergence of cookies with refined features of cookie sorting. Cookie Crusher was the leader in this which helped in cookie sorting – by identifying registration cookies to be spared while denying tracking cookies from the same site. Thus cookie sorting could be done not just by website address but also by the type of cookie presented at the website.
 

Cookie cleaners today
Today one can find a wide range of cookie cleaners and managers in the market. Although cookie control has been built into browsers these days, a third party cookie cleaner or manager can be more effective in the flexibility and added security that it provides in controlling cookies.

 

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