Every time I quit Google Chrome, it clears all of my browser data and cookies.
Why isn't Chrome remembering my accounts and sessions?
Why does Chrome pause syncing my Google account whenever I close the browser?
Google-chrome – Why does Google Chrome forget the logins and passwords every time I close it
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As far as I know (and I have just run Incognito mode to verify this, although things may have changed since the question was posted), you cannot see what cookies Incognito mode is keeping - the ones you see in that dialog are ones you had prior to running Incognito mode.
Since the two are supposed to be separate, one mode will not delete the other mode's cookies even if you visit the same site, i.e., if you go to Twitter (or if there's a twitter widget on a page) in regular browsing you may pick up a Twitter cookie, but Incognito mode will not remove that if you launch it later and subsequently close it.
If you can still reproduce this issue, make sure you do not have any extensions that may be causing this cookie to be created, and that your start pages do not have any Twitter widgets on them.
(I had a similar issue where "Keep local data only until I quit my browser" did not work for me, because one of my extensions was keeping the browser open. Either disabling such extensions or "Continue running background applications when Google Chrome is closed" should fix that problem.)
I too would ask you to start over, by uninstalling and killing all chromium processes.
An operational note, you really shouldn't be logging in as the system account. You log in as yourself, and if you need to do system things, become root temporarily.
Also, logging out will kill any processes started by you which haven't been placed in the background.
For install:
sudo /bin/bash
exec su - root
pgrep -l chromium # ensure list is empty, otherwise kill those processes
# pkill chromium
apt install chromium-browser
exit
id # confirm you are now yourself and not root
# start chrome with specific directory
chromium-browser --user-data=~/.config/chromium >/dev/null 2>&1 &
# you could make this an alias in your .bashrc:
# alias chrome='chromium-browser --user-data=~/.config/chromium >/dev/null 2>&1 &'
You could add nohup to keep it running after logout, but re-attaching to it after logging in is problematic.
Once chrome is started, edit settings:
Choose Continue where you left off
Choose Offer to save your web passwords (in advanced settings)
Best Answer
Google Chrome has a setting that can be toggled (sometimes accidentally) that will delete all cookies every time the browser is closed.
As of April 2020 in Chrome 80, the setting is located at Settings > Privacy and security > Site Settings > Cookies and site data (or URL:
chrome://settings/content/cookies).It is called "Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome".
That setting should be disabled if you wish to preserve logins and cookies between browser sessions.