Chrome's overridden user data directory

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Goku
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Chrome's overridden user data directory

Post by Goku » Fri Mar 28, 2025 4:51 pm

R-Wipe & Clean should clean up traces of Chrome activity in overridden user data directories.
The user data directory can be overridden by passing the --user-data-dir command-line flag to the Chrome binary.
Probably the R-Wipe & Clean should allow the user to specify this directory somewhere in its settings.

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Re: Chrome's overridden user data directory

Post by Alt » Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:13 pm

Thank you for your suggestion. I've passed it to our developers.

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