Delete files and cookies

Click the Tools menu three dotted lines in the upper-right corner , and open the Settings menu. Internet Explorer for Windows. Click on the Settings menu in the upper-right corner. Click Internet options. Safari for iOS. Go to the Settings app on your device. Scroll down to the Safari menu. Scroll down and select Clear History and Website Data. Google Chrome for iOS. Open Google Chrome on your iOS device. Get speed, security, and privacy with Microsoft Edge. Try it now. Cookies are small files that websites put on your PC to store info about your preferences.

Cookies can improve your browsing experience by allowing sites to remember your preferences or by letting you avoid signing in each time you visit certain sites. However, some cookies may put your privacy at risk by tracking sites that you visit. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety , and then select Delete browsing history.

Select the Cookies and website data check box, and then select Delete. If you don't want sites to store cookies on your PC, you can block cookies. But doing this might prevent some pages from displaying correctly, or you might get a message from a site letting you know that you need to allow cookies to view that site.

In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select Internet options. Select the Privacy tab, and under Settings , select Advanced and choose whether you want to accept, block, or be prompted for first-party and third-party cookies. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.

For more information about cookies, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

Cookies may contain information for a customized Web page or may contain logon information for a Web site. Before you delete your cookies, you may want to export or save them. In Windows Vista or Windows 7, click Start , type inetcpl. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click to clear all of the check boxes except for the Cookies check box, and then click Delete.

In Windows Vista, click Start , type inetcpl. In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes. Click Start , click Run , type inetcpl. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box, and then click OK. For more information about cookies, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

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