Privacy 101: How to Delete Web Browser Cookies

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  • Web sites use small files of information called "cookies" to store your user ID and preferences. Some sites use these for more nefarious purposes, tracking where you've been, in order to learn more about you. Clearing the cookies for those sites will erase your electronic trail. However, it will also erase whatever log-in you have stored on your computer, so make sure you remember your user names and passwords!

  • Web sites use small files of information called "cookies" to store your user ID and preferences. Some sites use these for more nefarious purposes, tracking where you've been, in order to learn more about you. Clearing the cookies for those sites will erase your electronic trail. However, it will also erase whatever log-in you have stored on your computer, so make sure you remember your user names and passwords!</note>

  • How to delete your cookies in Firefox

  • Mac version 2.0 and higher

    1. Go to the Firefox menu, and select "Preferences"
    2. Click the "Privacy" tab.
    3. Click on the "Show Cookies" button.
    4. You can delete specific cookies by clicking on the site name and "Remove Cookie".
    5. You can delete all the cookies by clicking on "Remove All Cookies".

  • Mac version 1.5

    1. Go to the Firefox menu, and select "Preferences"
    2. Click on "Privacy" in the toolbar.
    3. Click the "Cookies" tab.
    4. Click on the "Show Cookies" button.
    5. You can delete specific cookies by clicking on the site name and "Remove Cookie".
    6. You can delete all the cookies by clicking on "Remove All Cookies".

  • Windows version 2.0 and higher

    1. Go to the Tools menu and select "Options".
    2. Click "Privacy".
    3. Click on the "Show Cookies" button.
    4. You can delete specific cookies by clicking on the site name and "Remove Cookie".
    5. You can delete all the cookies by clicking on "Remove All Cookies".

  • Windows version 1.5

    1. Go to the Tools menu and select "Options".
    2. Click on "Privacy" in the toolbar.
    3. Click the "Cookies" tab.
    4. Click on the "Show Cookies" button.
    5. You can delete specific cookies by clicking on the site name and "Remove Cookie".
    6. You can delete all the cookies by clicking on "Remove All Cookies".

  • How to delete your cookies in Internet Explorer

    2. Go to the Tools menu and select "Internet Options"
    3. Click on the "General" tab.
    4. Click the "Settings" button.
    5. Click the "View Files" button.
    6. Find the cookie(s) you want to delete in the window that appears.
    7. If you want to delete multiple cookies, hold the CTRL button as you select the ones you wish to delete.
    8. If you want to delete all cookies, type CTRL+A.
    9. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
    10. Click OK.
    11. Click OK again.

  • How to delete your cookies in Safari

    1. In the Safari menu, select "Preferences".
    2. Click "Security".
    3. Click "Show Cookies".
    4. You can either select cookies from specific websites to delete, or click on "Remove All" to erase all cookies.

  • How to delete cookies in Opera

    1. Select the Tools menu.
    2. Select "Preferences".
    3. Select "Advanced".
    4. Select "Cookies".
    5. Click on "Manage Cookies".
    6. Highlight the cookies you wish to delete.
    7. Click the Delete button.

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