How to Delete Cookies in your Internet Browser

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1 Here is how you can delete your cookies across major browsers
2 Now here are some ways to delete cookies on MACINTOSH browsers

Cookies are a very delicate thing both, in the real world (delicious, soft and crunchy) and in the online virtual world where they sometimes contain the most sensitive and private information.

Internet cookies are generally harmless patches of information in the form of small text files stored on your pc as small text files. But some of these contain sensitive information like where you went, what you did, and any personal information that you have given anywhere on the internet. These websites may allow third parties like advertisers and promoters to tap into this data for research. Or worse, some hacker my attack your computer and may copy your bank account details.

To make sure this does not happen you need to delete your cookies once in a while.

Here is how you can delete your cookies across major browsers

Windows PC

Google Chrome

Click on the tools menu and select options
Click the under the bonnet tab and then locate the Privacy Click the Clear browsing data button
Select Delete cookies and other site data to delete all cookies from list.
You can also select the extent to which you want based on a timeline. You can select the period from the drop down menu
Select clear browsing historyto delete all the files the websites have stored on your pc
Select clear download historyif you want to delete records of files and programs that you have downloade

Internet Explorer 9

Open the internet explorer
Click the tools button
Point to safety and then click on the delete browsing history option
Tick the cookies box, then click delete

Internet Explorer 8

Click safety on the command bar
Select the Delete Browsing History option
Select the option for cookies and then click delete

Mozilla

Choose cookie manager from the tools menu
Choose manage stored cookies
You can either remove all the cookies from the list or select the ones you wish to remove.

Mozilla Firebird

Select tools, then options
Then select the privacy icon in the left-hand panel
Click on cookies
Click on stored cookies
You can select the cookies you wish to delete. They are mentioned as a list.
Click on the remove cookie button.
To remove all cookies, click on the Remove all cookies button

Mozilla Firefox

Click on tools, then options
Select privacy
In the cookies panel, click on Show Cookies
You can remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list then click the Remove Cookie Button.
To remove all cookies click on the Remove All Cookies Button

Now here are some ways to delete cookies on MACINTOSH browsers

Mozilla

Choose cookie manager from the tools menu
Choose manage stored cookies
Remove any cookie from the list
You can also remove all the cookies at once if you want

Netscape Navigator 7.x

Choose cookie manager from the tools menu
Choose manage stored cookies
Remove any cookie you want from the list
You can also remove all the cookies. Just select remove all cookies

Safari 1.0

Choose preferences from safari menu
Select security icon
Press show cookies button
Select the cookies which you want to delete
Press delete

Opera

Open the tools menu
Select Delete Private Data
All cookies will be immediately deleted

You can also delete cookies at the end of every session

Go to privacy settings
Select preferences
Click on manage cookies
Click on manage cookies to delete specific cookies or those from separate domains

How to Delete Cookies in your Internet Browser