There is a cookies allowed website I do not visit any longer that wont delete/remove when clicking on dustbin on Setting>Cookies and Site Data nothing happen. Screenshot attached [Annotation 2020-01-29 102231]

@utts , Apologies for not being explicit enough. We recognise that not being able to remove the site from the list (while in the settings) is an issue, and we’re handling it. But for the time being, to help illustrate what I was saying earlier, here’s a GIF of me adding and removing the site. [3a…

Thanks Aa-ron. I did try that but unfortunately the webpage in question yesterday was coming up saying coming up soon. Today just a black screen. I may not be able to remove that the way you suggest. Appreciated anyway. Cheers.

Even if the website doesn’t load you can still toggle the Shields at the top right of the address bar

Aa-ron I’m afraid you have to be more specific. Do you mean click on brave shield icon? That just allow to enable/disable shields. The item i need to remove is on Setting> Permissions. [Annotation 2020-02-01 144441]

[image] utts: The item i need to remove is on Setting> Permissions. I raised this a few weeks ago - [image] Cannot delete Allow sites entered in Cookie and Site Data Desktop Support Description of the issue: Having experimented with trying to Allow certain sites un…

@kanga thanks for the information. Though it has been a while since my last post I too noticed that troubleshooting support is scarce on this forum. Employees must be stretched…:thinking:

Aa-ron I got three entry that cannot be delete after disabling shields and add website to whitelist. When I enable shields I see only two, one disappear without any interaction from me.:unamused: No joy my friend.

@Aa-ron Got it, I was able to remove the pesky entries after playing around with your suggestion as per screenshot on your post. Thank you very much. [thumbs]

Removing frozen Cookie and Site data entry

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Aa-ron January 30, 2020, 4:32pm 2

Hi @utts,

If you revisit the site that has cookies allowed and enable the shields for the site, it should remove it from the list.

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Removing frozen Cookie and Site data entry

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