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Clear HTML5 local storage on a specific page

Is it possible to clear HTML5 local storage on a specific web page? I was editing a Javascript demo on http://jsfiddle.net, and I re-arranged the windows in such a way that one of them became ...
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Where does Google Chrome save LocalStorage from Extensions?

I just had to format my Windows 7 system and start over, I made some backups of certain files/folders though and I am trying to find out where Google Chrome stores users data that extensions save, ...
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how to access different directories outside cygwin home dir

I have installed dropbox in my computer, but it is located outside my cygwin directory. The probably easiest way would be to just move the dropbox directory to cygwin's home dir. Anyway I wonder if it ...
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Chrome/Chromium - disable HTML5 LocalStorage and Databases for all webpages /or ask user

My question is about fine tuning of Chrome or Chromium browser. It have support of new generation of cookies: HTML5 LocalStorage and Databases. Some ad sites uses LocalStorage to do user tracking, ...
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How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox?

As more and more sites switch from using cookies to using localStorage to store their data (including "tracking bugs"), I'm concerned about in how far the user can control this. With cookies, one ...
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How do I open `.localstorage` files from Local Storage folder?

I want to open Local Storage files of Google Chrome. I found where Chrome stores them, but I could not open them. How can I do that?
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How to clear all HTML5 local storage from Safari?

It seems stackauth.com has used some local storage which my Safari does not show me, and hence cannot be deleted. So, in general: how to ensure all local storage is deleted from Safari? Some ...
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What happens with Windows 8 Storage Spaces if I reinstall Windows?

I'm considering using Windows 8 Storage Spaces to combine disks. What will happen if, for some reason, my OS disk is no longer available. How will a fresh installation of Windows 8 react to an ...
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Where do I find localStorage data in Chrome?

Is there a place in Chrome's settings dialog where I can view the localStorage data? I'm on MacOS, but I'm looking for a browser based interface for localStorage (not via browsing the file system)
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IE10's localStorage is broken?

I recently ran CCleaner to clean up my laptop. Since then, every time any site tries to access window.localStorage, the following error appears: The system cannot find the path specified. It also ...
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What is store in Local Storage used for in Chrome?

While backing up my google chrome User Data folder, I was looking at some of the files in the Local Storage folder, they all seem to have a website URL as part of the name, and they start out with ...
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Telegram web client does not remember my login in Firefox?

I have recently reinstalled Firefox (my OS is macOS 10.14 Mojave) and the Telegram web client no longer remembers my login. Always used to work fine before, but not anymore. Every time I start ...
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How to actually change HTML5 localStorage size in browsers?

I'm interested in HTML5's localStorage feature which surprisingly doesn't appear to be all that well documented. I found this excellent StackOverflow answer about the size limits of localStorage per ...
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Limiting the size of browser's local storage

Modern browsers offer local storage to websites. Some websites use a very small amount of storage. But other websites seem to think that my local computer shall be their playground. Slack for example ...
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Firefox 47 Storage dev tool not working. Just me?

Original Question I've just upgraded Firefox to 47. No matter which site I go to, the Storage tab in dev tools always says "No data present for selected host". Can anyone else replicate? Go to this ...
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How do I recover lost chromebook local data?

When you change your Chromebook password, it asks for your old password when you sign back in. If you forgot your old password, it erases all local data. Local data is supposedly the files and ...
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Major issues after updating IE10

When I first upgraded to IE10's final Preview on Windows 7, I immediately started getting the following error whenever a script tries to access localStorage: SCRIPT3: The system cannot find the ...
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Can I limit intensity of fsync's of webappstore(localstorage) sqlite db?

Modern browsers have local storage, which is stored in webappstore.sqlite (for firefox) and localstorage.sqlite (for chrome). There is a third-party script, (online messenger), which uses local ...
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How to rebuild missing trash bin (and possible other system) folder(s) in Mozilla Thunderbird

Frequent related problems : I can't delete any message in Mozilla Thunderbird The trash bin in Thunderbird is gone missing, causing the impossibility to delete any message
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localStorage on Edge produces "An internal error occurred in the Microsoft Internet extensions"

When a page attempts to use localStorage, or I enter localStorage in the console, Edge throws Using sessionStorage works perfectly. I have tried reinstalling Edge with PowerShell: Get-AppXPackage -...
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Reducing Disk-Access Timeout in Windows (Especially for Removable Media)?

Whenever a bad volume (dying hard-disk, scratched CD, bad flash-drive/memory-card, etc.) is accessed, Windows tends to wait an excruciatingly long time (a minute or two?) before giving up and ...
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Stored data by browser in PC

I recently opened chrome to see what sites are saving data in my computer. I see three types of data stored by sites in my computer. Local Storage Session Storage Database Storage Cookies Can ...
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Is there a way to clear all local storage but save cookies in macOS Chrome?

I know from the chrome://settings/siteData?search=cookie page that I can see "all cookies and site data", trash individual items, or "remove all". And I know I can open Chrome DevTools for any ...
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How to configure Google Chrome to delete all cache and local storage of the websites when closing their tabs?

I am looking for a way to delete all cache and local storage of the websites when closing their tabs on Google Chrome. In Firefox there is an extension called: "Self-Destructing Cookies" that does ...
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IE10 on Windows 7, where is localStorage stored in the file system?

I'm looking for the location in the file system for IE10's localStorage in Windows 7. Interestingly, there are subdirectories for the web domains that have localStorage objects at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...
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Find out what is setting local storage

I have noticed today that in every site I visit there is a new key value pair called randid in my local storage in chrome. I searched it but I couldn't find anything on it. I noticed it as I was ...
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Can I retrieve Firefox localStorage data for a URL that no longer exists?

Kind of a weird question, but here's the basic situation. A while back I wrote a basic little todo app for use by some coworkers on an internal corporate network, and I was hosting it on a shared ...
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Chrome 61: Local Storage Location Changed?

Since upgrading to Chrome 61, new local storage files are no longer created in... %localappdata%\google\chrome\user data\default\local storage\ Any ideas where local storage is now held in the ...
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How would I restore data of a Chrome extension only using backup?

My Mac essentially stopped working, but I have this awesome extension for Google Chrome called Simple Window Saver, which saves a window with lots of tabs, so I can open it whenever I want to. I ...
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Share a Harddisk between two Windows Hosts on ESXi

is it possible to share a VMDK between two Windows Hosts running on ESXi? I don't want to share the disk via CIFS because one windows machine acts as a VPN-Client where the VPN-Client-Software is ...
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"This website is asking to store data on your computer for offline use"

Whenever I visit some websites using Firefox, I get the dialog below asking me to "store data on your computer for offline use". It is displayed if I am using Firefox but not if I am using Chrome. ...
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Local disk: "These files might be harmful to your computer"

When moving or copying files from my local harddisk, I get the message: These files might be harmful to your computer. Your internet security settings suggest that one or more files may be ...
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What are the impacts of moving Local Storage from one machine to the other?

In this other question I learned where the local storage is physically located on the disk. Suppose I copy this whole folder from one machine and paste it on other machine, running same version of ...
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Firefox won't show localStorage for a domain even when the values are there

TL;DR: Firefox won't show localStorage for a domain and I need to get some data from there. I need to copy the value of a localStorage element, which is a really long string so just echoing on the ...
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Is it possible to access someone else's C:/ drive?

Last week I did work on someone else's computer because they were away for a week and well, they have two monitors (which are both bigger than my one) and a better computer config and it was ...
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Solution for multiple disks as one

What I'm looking for An easy way to join multiple disks into one drive. I which to be able to disconnect a disk without the other disks complaining, they should just display what data they have. Data ...
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Why do softwares often keep local data in $HOME/.<appname>?

Most application I usually install (opam, cargo, vscode, julia, ...) keep a local storage in my home folder. Is there a reason for this preference? Or better, are there downsides to the alternatives? ...
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On a TP-Link router, what's the difference between Storage Sharing, FTP Server, and Media Server?

Can someone properly explain? As I can understand in all three cases you just connect a USB hard drive to the router. I'm using a TP-Link TL-WDR4300 router.
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Need a self-hosted ftp-like solution with notifications of uploads/downloads [closed]

I have been searching and searching for the perfect solution to our needs and have yet to find one, paid or free. We currently use software called Tonido on a Windows box and it is all but perfect. ...
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How to allow local storage for one specific userscript, but disable it globally?

I'm using Firefox 10.0 with Greasemonkey 0.9.15. I want to use a userscript, that requires access to local storage. I don't want local storage to be allowed globally. Is there a way to achieve this ...
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How to import a Chrome extension's files from 6 years ago (I have the session data!)

In 2016, I would backup all my Chrome extension's current session data (the directory looks like this). I copy-pasted these files for few computer transfers and it worked every time - it got my ...
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Viewing the Local Storage of a HTTP website that now redirects to HTTPS

The Notepad website I've been using lost all of the data that I had kept on it. Not only that, it turns out the snapshots I was downloading were all empty! Unfortunately, I had important data on it, ...
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localStorage IE 11 does not work

I have a problem with running sites that used localStorage. I connect to Windows Server 2012 R2 and open IE using cmd with simple site that has access to local storage and all works fine. Then I ...
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Why does chrome never delete google.com localstorage?

I have selected the "Keep local data only until I quit my browser" option in Chrome settings under Content Settings -> Cookies. When I exit Chrome, I can see that every website file in my Local ...
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How to examine and edit google-chrome Local Data?

How does google-chrome store its Local Data? Specifically, I'd like to have a command-line script that would display, or make a few specific changes to, some of the browser's local data. I'm not ...
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MicroSD card is write protected [duplicate]

I have a 32 GB Lexar microSD which had been working perfectly for the past 3 months on my phone. But recently I noticed I am unable to write new files to the SD Card. I tried to format it from my ...
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How to prevent deleting a FireFox Local Storage value?

For an example, I have this yt-player-quality value for www.youtube.com domain in my firefox local-storage which saves the visitor's youtube player quality. The value has set to: {"data":"medium","...
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How to un-mark a SATA HDD “as spare” in Windows 10

I have a desktop computer with an extra HDD connected to it via SATA port, and I have done "mark as spare" to the drive, but I don't remember where I got to that setting, and I want to undo ...
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How To Clear History & Cache in Google Chrome While Leaving Chrome Extension Local Storage alone?

I have a plugin that I like, and it uses the Local Storage feature. How do I configure my Chrome browser to let me clear everything but leave the Local Storage feature alone? This may also be a ...
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Store temporary WAV files on local disk with Exact Audio Copy (EAC)

Using EAC I am storing FLAC files on a NAS drive. EAC rips a WAV file first then creates a FLAC file and then deletes the WAV file. When selecting the NAS drive for storage of the FLAC files, the WAV ...
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