README.md

Accept Cookies

A Chrome extension to automatically accept cookie consent banners so you can get back to browsing. Collects zero data.

Cookie icon designed by FreePik.

What's a cookie consent banner?

These annoying popups:

How it works

Rather than hardcoding rules for every website, Accept Cookies uses an algorithm:

1. Searches the DOM and shadow DOMs for elements mentioning cookies.
2. Searches for accept buttons with a common ancestor to the cookie elements.
3. Calculates the distance between every accept button and cookie element pair.
4. Clicks the accept button closest to a cookie element.

Technical details

• Uses mutation observers to efficiently react to DOM changes.
• Overrides Element.attachShadow to search shadow DOMs.
• Uses a service worker with chrome.webNavigation.onCommitted.addListener to override .attachShadow before inline code runs.
• Runs in all frames so cookie consent banners loaded in iFrames are detected.

Installation

1. Clone/download this repo.
2. Go to the Chrome Extensions page by entering chrome://extensions in a new tab.
3. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to it.
4. Click the Load unpacked button.
5. Select the downloaded repo directory.

See also

I Still Don't Care About Cookies.