Reference number: CH000509
How do I enable /
disable
or delete Internet cookies?
Question:How do I enable / disable or delete Internet
cookies?
Reasoning:Users who may not want web pages or companies on the Internet to track
their web viewing habits or who may be concerned about personal
information stored in a cookie file may wish to disable
cookies from
being saved on their computer.
Note: It is important to realize that when you disable cookies,
some web pages either will not properly work, or will not allow you
access.
Users who have disabled their Internet browser's cookies may wish
to re-enable them after finding web pages that they are no longer
able to access.
Answer:Microsoft Internet Explorer users
Deleting cookies
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x users can delete cookies
by clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options" and
clicking the button "Delete Cookies".
Viewing cookies on your hard drive
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
and 6.x users running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 can delete
and/or view cookies on the hard disk drive by opening the
"C:\Document and Settings\<user>\cookies" folder,
where <user> is the name of your account used to log onto the
computer.
Other Internet Explorer users may locate the cookies in one of the
below directories.
- Windows 95 / 98 users - C:\Windows\Cookies
- Windows NT users - C:\WinNT\Administrator\Cookies
Disabling cookies
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x users can disable or warn
for cookies by clicking the "View" menu, "Options",
"Advanced" and select "Never accept
cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x users can disable cookies by
clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options",
"Advanced" and select "Never accept
cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x users can disable or manage
their cookie settings by clicking the "View" menu,
"Internet Options", and selecting the
"Privacy" tab.
Enabling cookies
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x users can enable cookies by
clicking the "View" menu, "Options",
"Advanced", and unselecting "Never accept
cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x users can enable cookies by
clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options",
Advanced" and unselecting "Never accept cookies" or
"Warn me before accepting cookies".
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x users can enable or manage
their cookie settings by clicking the "View" menu,
"Internet Options", and selecting the
"Privacy" tab.
Mozilla Firefox users
Deleting cookies on your hard drive
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 users can delete the cookies on their hard
disk drive by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Options",
clicking the "Privacy" button, and under
"Cookies" click the Clear button.
Disabling cookies
To disable Mozilla Firefox 1.0 cookies, click the "Tools" menu,
"Options", clicking the "Privacy" button, and under
"Cookies" uncheck the "Allow sites to set
cookies" option.
Enabling cookies
To enable Mozilla Firefox 1.0 cookies, click the "Tools" menu,
"Options", clicking the "Privacy" button, under
"Cookies" check the "Allow sites to set cookies"
option.
Netscape users
Deleting cookies on your hard drive
Netscape 7.x users can manage and delete cookies by clicking the
"Tools" menu and then "Cookie Manager".
Disabling cookies
- Netscape 4.x users can disable cookies by clicking the
"Edit" menu, "Preferences",
"Advanced", and select "Warn before accepting
cookies".
- Netscape 7.x users can disable cookies by clicking the
"Tools" menu and then opening the "Cookie Manager".
Enabling cookies
- Netscape 4.x users can enable cookies by clicking the
"Edit" menu, "Preferences", "Advanced",
and unselect "Warn before accepting cookies".
- Netscape 7.x users can enable cookies by clicking the
"Tools" menu and then opening the "Cookie Manager"
Opera users
Opera users can manage, disable, and enable their cookies by clicking the
"File" menu, "Preferences", and selecting
"Privacy".
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