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How to Delete Browser Cookies

Clearing browser cookies (and cache) can be useful for troubleshooting browser or website issues, but more importantly, clearing cookies, combined with a privacy-focused search engine, can help improve your online privacy. Every browser offers a mechanism for deleting cookies, either individually, or all at once. Here we will discuss the clearing of all cookies for the following browsers:

Google Chrome

  1. Click the Tools Menu in the upper right corner.
  2. Select History
  3. Select Clear Browsing Data
  4. Set the Time Range dropdown to All Time
  5. Select the check-box next to Cookies and other site data
  6. Click Clear Data button

Close Chrome (Windows PC) or Quit (on Mac) and re-launch the Chrome browser for the changes to take effect.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click on the Tools menu in the upper right corner
  2. Click on Options (on a Mac computer it is named Preferences)
  3. On the resulting menu select Privacy & Security
  4. In the Cookies and Site Data section click the Clear Data button
  5. Select the check-box for Cookies and Site Data (you can also select Cached Web Content if you would like all saved web content to be deleted as well)
  6. Click the Clear button

Close Firefox (Windows PC) or Quit (on Mac) and re-launch the Firefox browser for the changes to take effect.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

Safari (macOS)

  1. Click Safari in the menu bar
  2. Select Preferences from the drop-down menu
  3. On the resulting window click the Privacy tab
  4. Click the Manage Website Data button
  5. Click the Remove All button
  6. On the resulting pop-up click Remove Now

Quit and restart Safari for the changes to take effect.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac

Microsoft Edge (Windows)

  1. Click the Tools menu icon in the upper right corner
  2. Select Settings from the resulting drop-down
  3. Click Privacy, search, and services on the left-hand menu
  4. Under the Clear browsing data section, click Choose what to clear
  5. Select the check-box for Cookies and other site data
  6. Click the Clear now button

Close and reopen Microsoft Edge for the changes to take effect.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Safari (iOS)

  1. Launch the Settings app on your iOS device
  2. Scroll down to the Safari menu
  3. On the resulting screen scroll down to (and select) Clear History and Website Data
  4. On the resulting pop-up verify your choice by selecting Clear History and Data

Once the cookies and data have been successfully cleared, the Clear History and Data button will turn gray (and unclickable)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

Google Chrome (iOS)

  1. Open the Google Chrome app on your iOS device
  2. Tap the menu icon in the lower right corner
  3. On the resulting screen select Settings
  4. On the subsequent screen select Privacy
  5. On the next screen select the check box next to Cookies, Site Data
  6. Click Clear Browsing Data (You will have to confirm this action again through a pop up)

Once the cookies and data have been successfully cleared, the Clear Browsing Data button will turn gray (and unclickable)

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS