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How to refresh a cookies expired account?

You wanna scrape data behind a login wall, but your account cookies have expired?


this account needs to be updated lobstr.io


In this article, we will see how to refresh a desynchronized account.


Why do you need to refresh your account?


It happens that data is only accessible behind a paywall.


To access this data, we do ask you to synchronize your third-party account with lobstr.io.


In order to ensure seamless browsing as well as complete privacy, we do never save your username or password. Instead, we store your login cookies with our public add-on.


But cookies are not immortal.


quora quote cookies expire


When cookies expire, you need to provide some new login cookies to lobstr.io again.


And we will see how to perform it in this tutorial.


Prerequisites


Be sure to:


  1. Download the lobstr.io public add-on
  2. Be logged in on the your third-party account


Download the lobstr.io public add-on


First, be sure you have properly downloaded our lobstr.io public add-on.


download lobstr.io public add-on


We use it to store your login cookies and ensure seamless browsing with your account with no damage to your privacy.


Be logged in on the your third-party account


Be sure to be logged-in on your third-party website account.


  1. Go on the third-party website e.g. Twitter.
  2. Login.


log in to your third-party account


Step-by-step Instructions


There is two way to refresh your third-party account cookies:


  1. Accounts section
  2. Squid Settings section


Let’s deep-dive in.


Accounts section


To refresh your old account cookies, through the Accounts Section:


  1. Log in to lobstr.io.
  2. Navigate to the "Accounts" section.
  3. Click on "Actions".
  4. Select "Refresh cookies".


refresh cookies account section


And that’s it!


Squid Settings section


To refresh your old account cookies, through the Squid Settings section:


First, log in to lobstr.io.


Then, pick a squid that requires your account e.g. Twitter User Tweets Scraper if you need to refresh the cookies from a Twitter account.


Click:


  • Either on the “here” on the banner
  • or on the “Settings” icon


click on the banner or the settings icon


Endly, click on the refresh icon near your account name.


click on the refresh icon


Congrats!

Updated on: 15/04/2025

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