IE: Block, Clear or Delete Cookies in Internet Explorer

Contributed by MickeyMouse  
Tagged: Windows  

My father emailed me this weekend asking me how to delete his cookies. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a techrx recipe on it. Now there is.

Cookies are bits of text held on your computer that allows servers to personalize websites for you. Often this makes web browsing easier and quicker. For example, a bank site might remember your username so you don’t have to type that in everytime.

The problem with cookies are that they can be used to track what you do on the website as well.

Are they good or bad? Yes, both. I leave them enabled, but I flush them regularly. Here’s the tutorial.

Clear your Cookies:

1. Open IE
2. Click the Tools Menu
3. Click Internet Options
4. Click the General tab
5. Click the Delete Cookies Button
6. Confirm with OK

Next, I will explain how to block cookies. Many people try this… but most people end up not blocking all cookies in the end. It just slows down the web browsing experience too much… but try it. It’s easy enough to switch back.

Block your cookies:

1. Open IE
2. Click the Tools Menu
3. Click Internet Options
4. Click the Privacy tab
5. Click Advanced
6. Click Override Automatic Cookie Handling
7. Select either to Block or Prompt
Block will block all cookies. Prompt will ask you everytime a server requests to pull or create a cookie.
8. Click OK X 2

If you ever want to switch this back, just unclick the Override Automatic Cookie Handling box.