Author:
Randy Alexander
Date Of Creation:
1 April 2021
Update Date:
26 June 2024
Content
Cookies are files created by websites you have visited to store browsing information on your computer. Most of these files are harmless, but some keep private information like where you visit or personal information. The websites also allow others (such as advertising partners) to store intermediate cookies on your computer. To ensure these companies do not monitor your browsing, you should periodically clear your browser cookies by visiting the Privacy or Browsing History section of your settings. Browser. On each browser you have to do different actions, please refer to the article below for detailed instructions.
Steps
Method 1 of 11: Chrome on a Computer
- Open a browser and click on the hamburger icon in the right corner of the screen. On older versions of Chrome you will see a wheel or a wrench icon.
Click Tools (Tools)> Clear Browsing Data (Clear Access Data) in drop-down list.
Select the time period you want to delete. If you want to delete all cookies, select the beginning of time (From start).
Check it Cookies and other site and plug-in data (Cookies and data pages and plug-ins). Check and uncheck the desired options.
Click Clear Browsing Data. Cookies and other selected data are deleted. advertisement
Method 2 of 11: Chrome on Mobile
Open Chrome on your mobile device and click on the "hamburger" menu in the upper right corner.
Click "Settings".
Select "Privacy".
Select "Clear Cookies, Site Data". Confirm request next on screen. advertisement
Method 3 of 11: Safari on Mobile
Open Settings (Setup)> Safari.
Scroll down and select Clear Cookies and Data (Delete Cookies and Data).
Choose Clear Cookies and Data To confirm. advertisement
Method 4 of 11: Safari on Desktop
Open Safari and select "Safari" at the top of the menu, then select "Preferences".
Choose Privacy (Private).
Click on "Remove All Website Data". Agree to confirmation request. advertisement
Method 5 of 11: Firefox
Open the firefox home page and select Settings (Setup) in the menu.
Open the page Privacy (Private). Below the settings you will see the text You may want to clear your recent history or remove individual cookies (Do you want to clear recent history or just delete cookies).
Choose Remove individual cookies (Delete cookies only).
- To delete all cookies, click Remove All Cookies (Clear All Cookies). The browser will delete cookies immediately.
- To delete a specific cookie, you select the cookie you want to delete. Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking multiple items, then press Remove Cookies (Delete Cookies). You can expand each page to delete specific cookies within that page.
Method 6 of 11: Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
Open a browser and click the button Tools (Tools). The button is serrated in the upper right corner of the screen.
- On mobile, open Settings (Establish). Choose Options (Optional)> History (History), then check the box Cookies and choose Delete (Erase).
Go to the item Safety (Safe)> Delete browsing history (Delete browsing history). Selecting this item will delete all cookies.
- If you want to manage cookies and choose to delete them individually instead of deleting them all, select Tools (Tools) and click Internet Options (Internet Options). In the tab Privacy (Private) you can set the block and allow each type of cookie.
Check the box Cookies. If using Internet Explorer 10, you will see the line Cookies and website data (Cookies and web data).
Check or uncheck other options as desired.
Click Delete. advertisement
Method 7 of 11: Internet Explorer 8
Open a browser and select Tools (Tools)> Internet Options (Internet Options).
In the page General (General), find the item Browsing History (Browsing history). From here, you can decide to delete all or some of the cookies:
- To delete all cookies, uncheck the dialog box Preserve Favorite Website Data (Keep Favorite Website Data), check the box Cookies, then press Delete.
- To delete cookies by option, to enter Settings (Setup)> View Files (See File). Select the cookie you want to delete (hold down Ctrl to select multiple items) and press Delete.
Method 8 of 11: Internet Explorer 8: New Toolbar
Open a browser and go Safety > Delete Browsing History.
Check the box Cookies.
Check and uncheck other items in the browsing history section.
Choose Delete. advertisement
Method 9 of 11: Internet Explorer 7
Open a browser and select Tools (Tools)> Internet Options (Internet Options).
In the tab General (General), find the item Browsing History. From here, you can decide to delete all or some of the cookies:
- To delete all cookies, click Delete, choose Delete Cookies (Delete Cookies) and press Yes (Agree).
- To delete cookies by option, choose Settings > View Files. Select the cookie you want to delete (Hold down Ctrl to select multiple items) then press Delete.
Method 10 of 11: Opera
Open a browser and go Settings (Setup)> Delete Private Data (Clear Private Data).
Delete cookies.
- To delete all cookies, uncheck the items you want to keep (such as history, saved passwords, cached passwords, etc.) and press Delete (Erase). You will see a dialog box Active transfer has not been removed (The conversion is not deleted) if you are downloading the file, it will not be interrupted.
- To delete specific cookies, to enter Manage Cookies (Cookie Management). Select the cookie you want to delete (hold down Ctrl to select multiple items) then press Delete.
Method 11 of 11: Konqueror
Open a browser and access the menu Settings > Configure Konqueror (Konqueror configuration).
Scroll down and select Cookies.
Click on the page Management (Manage).
Delete cookies. You can click Delete All (All Clear) to delete all cookies or select the cookie you want to delete (hold down Ctrl to select multiple items) then press Delete. advertisement
Advice
- You should clean up your browser cookies regularly.
- You should clean the cache along with cookies. Caching stores information, images, and web pages on your computer for faster access. Hackers can steal financial information from caching if you are not careful.
- You can disable or limit cookies in your browser's privacy settings. It is recommended to do this for security reasons, but some websites may not function. In order to access those sites, you must add them to the exceptions section of the restriction list.
