Where does Chrome store cookies

Question

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

User · Accepted Answer

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.

User · Answer

Actually the current browsing path to the Chrome cookies in the address bar is  chrome   settings content cookies

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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

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On Windows the path is  C  Users  lt current user gt  AppData Local Google Chrome User Data  lt Profile 1 gt  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

User · Answer

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

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