An alternative to “I don't care about cookies” that never accepts
Last checked: 6 October 2026
“I don't care about cookies” is one of the best-known ways to make cookie banners go away. People often look for something else for one of two reasons: it sometimes accepts cookies for you, or it now belongs to a large company. Here is what it does, in its own words, and how Cookie Chomper is different.
In short: with Cookie Chomper, cookie banners are rejected for you instead of hidden or accepted. It's for Chrome, 14 days free, then €6 a year. Try it.
What “I don't care about cookies” does
Its Chrome Web Store page says that in most cases it “just blocks or hides cookie related pop-ups”. When a site needs an answer to work properly, it “will automatically accept the cookie policy for you”: sometimes all cookies, sometimes only the necessary ones, “depending on what's easier to do”.
So with it, most banners simply disappear. A hidden banner means the site never got an answer from you. On the sites where it does answer, the answer can be yes.
What it does well
It's free, it works quietly in the background, and it promises to remove cookie warnings “from almost all websites”. On 6 October 2026 its store page showed 900,000 users and a rating of 3.8 out of 5. If all you want is to stop seeing banners, and you don't mind what the site is told, it does that job.
Who makes it now
Its original maker sold it to Avast in September 2022. Avast is now part of Gen Digital, and the store page lists “GEN Digital Inc.” as the company offering it. The version in the store was last updated on 26 June 2024.
If you're wondering whether it's safe: the concerns people raise are who owns it now, and that it can accept cookies for you.
What about “I still don't care about cookies”?
“I still don't care about cookies” is a free, open-source community copy. Its maker started it after the sale, writing: “I simply don't trust Avast with my data.” On 6 October 2026 it had 300,000 users and a rating of 4.3 out of 5, and it was last updated on 9 December 2025.
It works the same way, though. Its store page has the same sentence: when a site needs it, it “will automatically accept the cookie policy for you”. If you're leaving because of who owns it, the copy solves that. If you're leaving because it accepts, it doesn't.
What Cookie Chomper does differently
With Cookie Chomper, cookie pop-ups are rejected for you as pages load. “Reject all” is pressed. No Reject button? Then the settings are opened, everything the site doesn't need is switched off, and your choice is saved. Cookies are never accepted for you.
Hundreds of known cookie banners are recognised and rejected right on your computer. Banners made by the site itself are read to find their Reject button, even when it's tucked away behind “Settings”. For that, a limited part of the banner's words goes to our server. Never the web address, your cookies or what you type into forms.
What it can't do
- It doesn't work on every site. We let it visit 10,312 websites across Europe. Leave out the banners that offered no way to reject, and about 9 in 10 were rejected (version 0.1.2, tested 1 October 2026).
- Some sites say: accept our cookies, or pay to get in. You can't reject for free there, so that choice is left to you.
- A banner that can't be worked out stays on screen, and the toolbar icon tells you.
- It's for Chrome only, and it isn't free. If a free tool that rejects the common banners is enough for you, see cookie banner extensions compared.
Try it for 14 days
No account, no card. Nothing is ever charged unless you subscribe yourself. After 14 days, cookie banners are no longer rejected for you until you subscribe.
Read next
- Cookie banner extensions compared: what seven extensions do with a banner, what they cost and who makes them.
- How to reject all cookies automatically in Chrome: hiding a banner versus rejecting it to it.
Sources
- “I don't care about cookies” on the Chrome Web Store (description, users, rating, last update, offered by), read 6 October 2026: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja
- Its own website, with the same description: i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu
- The sale to Avast: Android Police, 16 September 2022, androidpolice.com/i-dont-care-about-cookies-acquired-by-avast; Born's IT blog, 16 September 2022, borncity.com
- Avast as part of Gen Digital, and why the copy was started: the “I still don't care about cookies” project page, github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
- “I still don't care about cookies” on the Chrome Web Store (description, users, rating, last update), read 6 October 2026: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/edibdbjcniadpccecjdfdjjppcpchdlm
- Cookie Chomper's test results: the test on the home page (version 0.1.2, tested 1 October 2026)