How To Delete Cookies in Windows 10

By Abby •  Updated: 05/08/20 •  2 min read
How to delete cookies in windows 10

Delete Cookies in Windows 10

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Cookies let the servers personalize the web pages you visit. You may have experienced this in ads, autocompletes, and when typing letters into your browser’s address bar. 

However, if you don’t want somebody looking up your nose, you’d better clear cookies on the browsers you use on your Windows 10 computer. 

In this article, we will teach you to remove cookies from your Windows 10 desktop/laptop on three major web browsers; Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. 

How To Delete Cookies on Chrome in Windows 10 

  1. Open the Chrome web-browser on your computer.
    open Google Chrome
  2. Click on the three-dot icon at the top right corner of the app window.
    Click on three dot icon
  3. Hover your mouse over More tools and select Clear browsing data in the side menu. You can also press Ctrl + Shift + Delete.
    Select Clear browsing data
  4. Select Cookies and other site data and click on the Clear data button. The same goes for clearing cache and browsing history.
    click on Clear data

How to clear cookies on Microsoft Edge

  1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer.
    Open Microsoft Edge
  2. Click on the three-dot icon at the upper right corner.
    click on the three-dot icon
  3. In the dropdown menu, select Settings.
    Select Settings
  4. Select Privacy & security from the left pane.
    Choose Privay & security
  5. Click on Choose what to clear option.
    Click on Choose what to clear
  6. Mark the Cookies and saved website data checkbox and click on Clear.
    Select Cookies and saved website data

How to remove cookies from Mozilla Firefox in Windows 10

  1. Open Firefox web-browser on your computer.
    open firefox
  2. Click on the three horizontal lines at the top right corner of the app window.
    Click on three horizontal lines
  3. Select Options from the dropdown menu.
    select options
  4. Choose Privacy & Security from the left pane.
    Click Privacy & Security
  5. Under the Cookies and Site Data, click on Clear Data.
    Select Clear data
  6. Ensure Cookies and Site Data is marked, click on Clear.
    Click on Clear
  7. A confirmation popup will appear, select Clear Now.
    click Clear Now
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