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    • SweetP
      SweetP last edited by

      Are the databases Browser Extensions. you may need to uncheck Never remove Browser Extensions on the Advanced tab in Preferences.

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      Russell
      SweetPProductions.com

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        breuk last edited by breuk

        Ok. Done - 1) I removed "Never remove Browser Extensions" checkmark 2) Quit Safari, and the data bases were still there when I checked "in Safari" upon reopening. 3) Then I quit Cookie, launched it again, opened Safari, and quit Safari again. I did get the Cookie Notification that the Databases had been deleted, which gave me hope. However, upon opening Safari and taking another look -- data bases were still there, all of them.

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        • SweetP
          SweetP @breuk last edited by

          @breuk can you expand the databases by clicking on the triangle indicator. then right click on the individual databases and select Reveal in finder.

          does that work?

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          Russell
          SweetPProductions.com

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            breuk last edited by

            Here's the odd thing -- In Cookie, under Safari, the databases are not listed at all. Cookie has no sign of them. It is in the Safari Privacy preferences under "Manage Website Data" where they are persistent.

            I just wiped them out manually using the Safari method, Quit browser, rebooted machine, launched bunch of normal websites, quit Safari again, launched Safari... and databases are back again. Cookie is doing an amazing job of wiping out everything from that Safari dialog box...except for databases... ☹

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            • SweetP
              SweetP last edited by

              can you give me an example of one which shows in Safari but not Cookie.

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              Russell
              SweetPProductions.com

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                breuk last edited by

                Update: Outside of the SweetP stuff in the Cookie Websites box. I do find local storage from DuckDuckGo & a Flash related item. I am going to disable the two extensions I use and see if this makes of difference.

                This is what i see that is a little out of the ordinary:
                safari-extension_co.highly.safari [big file name stuff]
                & a Flash related file:
                settings.sol

                Will see what happens after extension removal from Safari & will let you know.

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                  breuk last edited by breuk

                  I uninstalled all extensions in Safari. This had no effect on Cookie's ability to delete databases. They are all still there and must be removed manually through Safari. Any Ideas guys? LMK. Thanks for the help.

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                    breuk last edited by

                    I missed an earlier message/question from you: "can you give me an example of one which shows in Safari but not Cookie"
                    Here are a few of them:

                    latimes.com
                    Databases

                    nytimes.com
                    Databases

                    wired.com
                    Databases

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                    • SweetP
                      SweetP last edited by

                      ah yes I see!
                      ill look into this, I need to find out where they are stored on disk

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                      Russell
                      SweetPProductions.com

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                      • SweetP
                        SweetP last edited by

                        I see the problem,
                        they are orphaned databases - the databases have been removed, but the references to them have not. Ill get this fixed in an update

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                        Russell
                        SweetPProductions.com

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                        • SweetP
                          SweetP last edited by

                          ill rewrite Safari's database parser to be more thorough, in the next update for Cookie.
                          🙂

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                          Russell
                          SweetPProductions.com

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                            breuk last edited by

                            Wow. Nice sleuthing work. More like ghost databases since the data is gone and only a shadow remains. Look forward to the update. Thanks for the help.

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