Chrome doesn't delete session cookies

Question

I\'m trying to set session cookie in javascript like this:

document.cookie = \'name=alex; path=/\'

But Chrome doesn\'t delete it even if I

Answer 1

I just had this issue. I noticed that even after I closed my browser I had many Chrome processes running. Turns out these were each from my Chrome extension.

Under advanced settings I unchecked 'Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed' and my session cookies started working as they should.

Still a pain in the rear for all of us developers that have been coding expecting that session cookies would get cleared when the user is done browsing.