Startup Wipe

Clears cookies, cache, site storage, download history and form data every time Chrome starts.

Start every browser session clean. Each time Chrome starts, Startup Wipe clears cookies, cached files, site storage, download history and autofill form data. Sites can't pick up where they left off, and nothing carries over from your last session. WHAT IT CLEARS (all time, all sites) • Cookies • Local storage, IndexedDB, Cache Storage and service workers • Cached images and files • Download history (downloaded files stay on your disk) • Autofill form data WHAT IT KEEPS • Browsing history • Saved passwords • Bookmarks, extensions and settings • Downloaded files HOW IT WORKS Startup Wipe runs once, automatically, each time Chrome starts after being fully closed. There is nothing to configure: no options page, no toolbar button and no account. GOOD TO KNOW • If Chrome keeps running in the background after you close its windows, no wipe happens until Chrome fully quits. You can turn this off in Settings > System. • If Chrome is set to "Continue where you left off", restored tabs may begin loading before the wipe finishes. For a clean start, set Chrome to open the New Tab page. • If Chrome Sync is on, Chrome may also remove synced autofill data from your other devices. • Each Chrome profile is separate. Install it in every profile you want wiped. PRIVACY Startup Wipe uses a single permission, "browsingData", which Chrome requires for an extension to clear browsing data. It collects nothing, stores nothing and makes no network requests. It contains no third-party code, and its source code is about a dozen lines you can read for yourself.