Where does Chrome store cookies?

Question

Let's say I set a cookie using the setcookie() function in PHP:

setcookie('name','foo',false,'/',false); 

I can see it in:

chrome://settings/cookies  

However, I can not find the actual file stored on my hard disk. Can anyone tell me where this specific cookie is stored on the hard disk?

Answer 1

The answer is due to the fact that Google Chrome uses an SQLite file to save cookies. It resides under:

C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ 

inside Cookies file. (which is an SQLite database file)

So it's not a file stored on hard drive but a row in an SQLite database file which can be read by a third party program such as: SQLite Database Browser

EDIT: Thanks to @Chexpir, it is also good to know that the values are stored encrypted.

Answer 2

For Google chrome Version 97.0.4692.71 (Latest Release) cookies are found inside the Network folder.

There is a file called "Cookies".

Path : C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network

Remember to replace user_name.