# Feature Request: Add "I Don't Care About Cookies" Filter

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984>\
**Category:** Desktop Requests\
**Tags:** shields, browser\
**Created:** [May 9, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984 "2021-05-09T08:38:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/1 "2021-05-09T08:38:34Z")

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Please add I Don’t Care About Cookies filter on the Ad Block Filter List.

It’s more effective on blocking cookie banners based on my experience on comparing Annoyance List filters versus IDCAC

Source:

> **[I don't care about cookies](https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/)**
>
> Get rid of cookie warnings from almost all websites!

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/2 "2021-05-09T11:35:12Z")

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No, won’t be implemented. We already have a well supported Cookie list, and includes features that IDCAC doesn’t support (like fixing broken scrollbars because of consent messages)

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/3 "2021-05-09T11:48:08Z")

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Noted. May I know what’s your recommended Brave Ad Block filter(s) to enable blocking the majority of cookie banners?

And if there’s anything that wasn’t blocked. Where could I report it?

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/4 "2021-05-09T11:53:08Z")

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Sure, [https://forums.lanik.us/](https://forums.lanik.us/)

Its implemented via Easylist Cookie. If you have a few quick sites (causing issues) paste here I can take a look. Not every site can be unblocked (see theverge) for example.

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/5 "2021-05-09T14:07:35Z")

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Thanks. I have enabled Easylist Cookie. I’ll monitor the result and submit reports for unblocked cookies on the forum you sent over.

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/7 "2021-05-09T22:40:01Z")

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This website  
[https://keepass.info/](https://keepass.info/)

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/8 "2021-05-09T23:35:35Z")

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And this website:  
[https://account.ubisoft.com/en-US/login](https://account.ubisoft.com/en-US/login)

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/9 "2021-05-09T23:55:48Z")

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And this one as well:

> **[WEBTOON](https://www.webtoons.com/en)**
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> Enjoy every day of your life with the NO. 1 comics app with millions of users worldwide.

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/10 "2021-05-10T02:23:17Z")

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`https://keepass.info/` =\> already blocked  
`https://account.ubisoft.com/en-US/login` = \> already blocked  
`https://www.webtoon.com` =\> no consent message seen

Ensure you subscribe to `Easylist Cookies` in `brave://adblock`

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/11 "2021-05-10T02:35:27Z")

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Yes, I’m subscribed 🙂

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/e/8/e89c4e1bf6db41818ecc02c71a77ad4c86ef5cfc.png)

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/12 "2021-05-10T02:37:12Z")

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For Webtoon:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/f/3/f3f81294aa9fae013d8c3069622cac5b53e06d55.jpeg)

The selector code for the banner:  
body \> div.gdpr\_ly\_cookie.\_gdprCookieBanner.on

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/13 "2021-05-10T02:39:32Z")

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For Keepass

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/9/8/98cebc57e2049370cbdc2520a3b782214f1f366d.png)

Selector Code:  
#consent\_c

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/14 "2021-05-10T02:41:23Z")

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In action:

 ![131 - QDmvnjoyJa](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/e/f/ef96881c0f9aa7b484169ce4eadb12cf9954b8ce.gif)

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/15 "2021-05-10T02:42:59Z")

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try enabling `brave://flags/#brave-adblock-cosmetic-filtering-native` restart browser, an ensure ads/trackers = aggressive

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/16 "2021-05-10T02:48:04Z")

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I enabled the flag, but the cookie banner still appears in Keepass.info.

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/17 "2021-05-10T02:55:24Z")

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Works for me. Showing me disabling and enabling Cookie list

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/6/f/6fd143e882adc29b7e23ec14ae31248a94507314.gif)

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/18 "2021-05-10T03:17:50Z")

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Sadly, it seems it doesn’t really work for me even after enabling the filter and the flag.

I guess I’ll stick using IDCAC as an alternative for now.

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/19 "2021-05-10T03:23:54Z")

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Ah, I see the difference between the screenshot.

My **Trackers & ads blocking** is on Standard mode. After enabling the flag and the filter + changing the **Trackers & ads blocking** to aggressive. It finally blocked the cookie banner

However, this implementation is overkill just to be able to remove the cookies banners whereas just simply installing IDCAC solves the issue with Brave on standard / default settings.

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/20 "2021-05-10T03:31:27Z")

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You’re free in install any extensions here, but this is built in for all users who don’t need the extension. We can combat breakages in scrollbar locks, which IDCAC can’t.

`https://www.imoradar24.ro/`  
`https://taxfix.de/`  
`https://www.yoigo.com/`  
`https://interestingengineering.com/`

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**Author:** ![A5A2239A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/a5a2239a/32/188796_2.png) [@A5A2239A](https://community.brave.app/u/A5A2239A)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984/21 "2021-05-10T03:36:50Z")

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Understood. Perhaps, we can focus on improving the standard setup without needing to enable the flag and only requires enabling the **Easylist-Cookie List - Filter Obtrusive Cookie Notices** filter.

I think this is the best possible step moving forward for the benefit of regular Brave users.

For now, I guess this IDCAC list request is a no implement for now since improving Easylist Cookie List with Brave is a better choice.

[Next page](https://community.brave.app/t/feature-request-add-i-dont-care-about-cookies-filter/244984.md?page=2)
