Today we’ll talk about how to clear cookies in your browser. All actions will be performed in the most popular programs: Opera, Mozilla, Google Chrome. If you have never performed this operation on your PC, be sure to do it today. How to do this, and most importantly - why, will be discussed later in this article.
Information
The definition of “cookies” comes from the English word cookie, which means “cookies”. It is a small piece of data. For example, a bunch of login - password. Cookies are most often stored using a web browser, which receives data from the managing web server. In addition to information about logins and passwords, the cookie may contain the following data: statistics of use by the user, automatic authentication, saving personal settings and parameters, checking the session status. It is worth noting that, contrary to a great misconception, cookies do not constitute any separate program. A cookie is just a text file that contains data. All information is transmitted in an encrypted way, so it is almost impossible to intercept cookies. Read how to clear cookies in the most popular browsers .
Google Chrome In the Google Chrome browser, cookies are deleted from the site browsing history panel. You can get into it using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + H or through the program settings. You just need to open the additional settings menu, where you need to select "History". And already here you need to click on the inscription "Clear history". In the new window that appears, it is necessary to check "Clear cookies ...".
Opera
In this case, everything happens exactly as with Google Chrome. You need to go into the history of visits, where to select "Clear history of visits." This can be done using the keys Ctrl + H, or manually, through the control panel.
Mozilla
All actions from this example are performed in the latest version of the program. In Firefox Mazil, a cookie is deleted in the same way as a cache. Only with the difference that it is necessary to put a tick in front of the item "Cookies". In principle, this happens in almost all browsers. You need to go to the settings of the visit log, where you need to select "Erase Recent History". You can use an alternative option and use keyboard shortcuts, namely Ctrl + Shift + Del. Or go the other way, where cookies are deleted separately for each site. To do this, go to the "Mazil" settings (browser), select the "Privacy" tab and find the inscription "Delete individual cookies." Here you can delete site data individually.
Why do this
You previously learned how to clear cookies in the most popular browsers. In most programs, everything happens on the same principle. Cookies, as you already know, store important user data in themselves. For example, being on a particular site, cookies will inform the web server that you are on this particular site. It is through the cookie that information about user activity is transmitted. Therefore, it is important to wash them periodically. In order not to repeat the removal procedure each time, you can configure the browser so that it automatically does all the necessary actions after closing the program or site.
Conclusion
Question: “How to clean cookies?” - Very often asked by beginners. In the article I provided all the necessary information to answer it.