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How to clear browser's cache and cookies from terminal

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I want to clear my firefox cache and cookies from terminal.
What can i do?

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answered 3 Years ago atereress · Accepted Answer

To clean the cookies from terminal you can use the following command:

rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/cookies.sqlite

To clean all the cache, you can use:

rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/*.sqlite ~/.mozilla/firefox/*default/sessionstore.js

rm -r ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox/*.default/*

But, better you can make a backup of these files if you want to restore them latter:

mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/firefox/backup ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox/backup

mv ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/*.sqlite  ~/.mozilla/firefox/backup

mv ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/sessionstore.js ~/.mozilla/firefox/backup

mv ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox/*.default/* ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox/backup