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Modify clear-data-on-exit flag

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#1,923 opened on Apr 21, 2022

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Description

can chrome://flags/#clear-data-on-exit be modified to either select what data is removed (this is possible with Brave browser) or at-least exclude

  1. cookies
  2. site configuration data

In its current form all data including history, cookies etc are removed on browser close which makes it impossible to 'whitelist' website that are allowed to save cookies, such as website that I want to store login information for. If this feature is tweaked to match features available on brave browser, one can selectively delete all site data. A screenshot of the brave setting page is attached

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Research direction
Investigate the Chromium source code for the 'clear data on exit' flag and identify the UI components and backend logic that handle data clearing on exit. Reference the Brave browser implementation for selective clearing.
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frontend
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Feature
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4
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3-5 days
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Stale
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Clear
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40