How & Why To Remove Cookies - Topic

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Some Background knowledge on cookies:

Are cookies bad? Cookies do not act maliciously on computer systems. They are merely text files that can be deleted at any time - they are not plug-ins nor are they programs. Cookies cannot be used to spread viruses and they cannot access your hard drive. This does not mean that cookies are not relevant to a user's privacy and anonymity on the Internet. Cookies cannot read your hard drive to find out information about you; however, any personal information that you give to a Web site, will most likely be stored in a cookie. In only this way are cookies a threat to privacy. The cookie will only contain information that you freely provide to a Web site.

How to remove them on safari:

•First select the 'safari' tab on the top left hand corner:

•Then you'll see 8 different sub tabs > Select security > Then click 'Show cookies'

•Then select all the cookies you want to remove by holding Shift and clicking
•Then press remove all

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•Alternatively one can remove other things like history, cache, downloads etc. by 'reseting safari' :

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How to remove cookies on Firefox:

•First select the 'Firefox' tab on the top left hand corner
•Click preferences

•You will see 7 different tabs
•Select the one that says security
•Click the 'show cookies' shown below

•You can either remove a select amount of cookies or remove all of them

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How to remove cookies on Internet Explorer

•First select the 'Internet explorer' tab on the top left hand corner
•Click preferences

•You will see 19 different tabs on the left hand side
•Select the one that says 'cookies'

•You can either choose to: 'delete' 'view' or 'decline cookies'

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How to remove cookies on Opera:

•First select the 'Opera' tab on the top left hand corner
•Click preferences

•You will see 5 different tabs on the top
•Select the one that says 'advanced'
•Click the 'manage cookies' shown below

•You can now pick and choose which cookies you wish to remove

Thanks to Serria for letting me do this

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