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Import cookies

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Import lets you bring cookies into your browser from a file, pasted text, or a share link from someone else.

Open Import

  1. Open the Cookie Editor side panel on the target site (http/https).
  2. Click the Import icon (down arrow) in the top toolbar.
IMPORT COOKIE modal — choose Use text / Use a file, enter URL, paste cookies, and optional decrypt password
IMPORT COOKIE modal — choose Use text / Use a file, enter URL, paste cookies, and optional decrypt password

Choose import source

Use text

  1. Select Use text.
  2. Paste cookie content into the textarea (placeholder: JSON/Header string/Netscape).
  3. Enter the URL to apply cookies to (defaults to the current tab; you can edit it).
  4. If the cookies are encrypted, enter Password to decrypt cookies.
  5. Click Import.

Use a file

  1. Select Use a file.
  2. Choose a .txt or .json file from your computer.
  3. Enter the URL and decrypt password if needed.
  4. Click Import.

Supported formats

The extension auto-detects the format:

Format Description Example
JSON Array of Chrome cookie objects [{"name":"session","value":"abc",...}]
Header string name=value; name2=value2 session=abc; _ga=GA1.2...
Netscape Netscape/Mozilla .txt format Tab-separated lines, # comments

Decrypt password

  • Only needed if cookies were exported with encryption (filename starts with E2EE_...).
  • The password is processed entirely on your device — never sent to the server.

Import from a share link

When someone sends a link like https://cookieeditor.org/cookie/link/{uuid}:

  1. Open the link in a browser with Cookie Editor installed.
  2. The extension opens a dedicated import page.
  3. Enter the password the sender set.
  4. Cookies are decrypted and imported for the matching domain, then you are redirected to that site.
Share link import page — title, domain, expiry, and password field
Share link import page — title, domain, expiry, and password field

Options after import

Under Settings → Import, you can enable Reload page to automatically refresh the tab after a successful import (enabled by default).

Notes

  • Import only works on http/https pages.
  • Share links use a different AES format than export files — use the link import page, not the side panel paste modal.
  • If import fails, check the target URL, file format, and decrypt password.

Next steps

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Export cookies