Cookies (the non-edible type) are tiny files stored on your hard drive
by your browser that contain information about your visit to a
particular website, like logon status, personalization and advertising
preferences, etc.
Most of the time, cookies make browsing much more enjoyable by keeping you logged in to a site you visit frequently or remembering the several questions you've already answered at your favorite polling site.
Sometimes, however, a cookie may remember something you'd
rather it didn't, or even become corrupted, resulting in a browsing
experience that's less than enjoyable. This is when deleting cookies may
be a good idea.
You might also want to delete cookies if you're experiencing issues like 500 Internal Server or 502 Bad Gateway errors (among others) which are sometimes indications that the one or more cookies for a particular site are corrupted and should be removed.
Whether for computer issue, privacy, or another reason, clearing cookies is a pretty simple task in any popular browser.
You can usually delete cookies from the Privacy or History area, available from the Settings or Options menu in the browser. In most browsers, the same menu can be reached through the Ctrl+Shift+Del keyboard shortcut.
The steps involved in deleting cookies differ considerably depending on what web browser we're talking about.
The easiest way to get to this window in Firefox is with the Ctrl+Shift+Del keyboard shortcut. Another way is through the three-lined menu at the top right of the browser - choose Options > Privacy > clear your recent history to open the Clear All History section.
See How to Delete Cookies in Firefox [support.mozilla.org] if you need more help or you want to know how to delete cookies from specific websites only.
Tip: In the Clear All History window, you can choose Everything from the Time range to clear: menu to delete all the cookies and not just ones that were created within the last day.
If you're using the mobile Firefox browser, you can delete the cookies through the Settings > Clear Private Data menu. To get there, tap on the tabs button on the top right so that you can see all the open tabs. Choose the gear icon on the top left of that screen, and then follow that menu to the Clear Private Data section. Choose Cookies (and anything else you want to delete, like the browsing history) and then tap the Clear Private Data button to delete them. You have to confirm it with one last OK button.
( STARTING:.ON TOP.........Cookies (the non-edible type) are tiny files stored on your hard drive by your browser that contain information about your visit to a particular website, like logon status, personalization and advertising preferences, etc.
Most of the time, cookies make browsing much more enjoyable by keeping you logged in to a site you visit frequently or remembering the several questions you've already answered at your favorite polling site....(.CONTD FROM SOMETIMES IN THE ABOVE PARA)
Most of the time, cookies make browsing much more enjoyable by keeping you logged in to a site you visit frequently or remembering the several questions you've already answered at your favorite polling site.
You might also want to delete cookies if you're experiencing issues like 500 Internal Server or 502 Bad Gateway errors (among others) which are sometimes indications that the one or more cookies for a particular site are corrupted and should be removed.
Whether for computer issue, privacy, or another reason, clearing cookies is a pretty simple task in any popular browser.
You can usually delete cookies from the Privacy or History area, available from the Settings or Options menu in the browser. In most browsers, the same menu can be reached through the Ctrl+Shift+Del keyboard shortcut.
The steps involved in deleting cookies differ considerably depending on what web browser we're talking about.
Below are some browser-specific cookie clearing tutorials.
Firefox: Clear All History
Delete cookies in Mozilla's Firefox browser through the Clear All History window of its Options section. Choose the Cookies option and then the Clear Now button to erase the cookies in Firefox.The easiest way to get to this window in Firefox is with the Ctrl+Shift+Del keyboard shortcut. Another way is through the three-lined menu at the top right of the browser - choose Options > Privacy > clear your recent history to open the Clear All History section.
See How to Delete Cookies in Firefox [support.mozilla.org] if you need more help or you want to know how to delete cookies from specific websites only.
Tip: In the Clear All History window, you can choose Everything from the Time range to clear: menu to delete all the cookies and not just ones that were created within the last day.
If you're using the mobile Firefox browser, you can delete the cookies through the Settings > Clear Private Data menu. To get there, tap on the tabs button on the top right so that you can see all the open tabs. Choose the gear icon on the top left of that screen, and then follow that menu to the Clear Private Data section. Choose Cookies (and anything else you want to delete, like the browsing history) and then tap the Clear Private Data button to delete them. You have to confirm it with one last OK button.
( STARTING:.ON TOP.........Cookies (the non-edible type) are tiny files stored on your hard drive by your browser that contain information about your visit to a particular website, like logon status, personalization and advertising preferences, etc.
Most of the time, cookies make browsing much more enjoyable by keeping you logged in to a site you visit frequently or remembering the several questions you've already answered at your favorite polling site....(.CONTD FROM SOMETIMES IN THE ABOVE PARA)