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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer currently ranks as the second most widely used browser in the U.S., behind Google Chrome. By default Explorer offers the most comprehensive protection against cookies that could compromise your privacy. Explorer also offers several ways to delete or manage your cookies, as well as extremely thorough presets when it comes to handling cookies.
Access “Internet Options”: Open Internet Explorer, click on the “Tools” menu, and select “Internet Options.”
Manage Cookies: Under the “Privacy” tab in Internet Options, you’ll find a sliding scale of different presets to manage your cookies. These options range from accepting or blocking all cookies to restricting only certain kinds of cookies from websites without a compact privacy policy. Select the option that best suits your needs and click “Apply.”
Delete Cookies: To delete all cookies, head to the “General” tab under “Internet Options” and then click “Delete…”under the “Browsing History” tab. Check “cookies and website data” and click delete.
Alternatively, point to “Safety” under the “Tools” menu and select “Delete Browsing History.” From there, check “Cookies and website data” and then click delete.
To delete individual cookies, click “Settings” under the “Browsing History” tab. From there, head to “Temporary Internet Files” and select “View Files” to see a list of all the temporary internet files Internet Explorer has saved to your hard drive. Select the files you want to remove and delete them manually.
You can also delete your IE cookies manually on Windows. This will require you to access your hidden folders, which contain sensitive data. Only follow this route as a last resort, as any missteps can seriously damage your computer.
Folder options: Search for an application in Windows Explorer called “Folder Options.” There, check the circle that’s marked “Show hidden files, folders, and drives,” uncheck “Hide protected operating system files,” and click “Apply.”
Access your cookie files: Open “Computer” and click on “OS (C:)” to access your hard drive. From there, find your user file and select “AppData” to enter the hidden folder. Head into “Roaming,” then “Microsoft,” then “Windows,” and then “Cookies.”
Delete your cookies: Here, delete the text files and the text files only. Then enter the “Low” folder and delete the text files there. Once you are finished, go back into “Folder Options,” uncheck the circle that’s marked “Show hidden files, folders, and drives,” check the box marked “Hide protected operating system files,” and click “Apply.”
Access “Internet Options”: Open Internet Explorer, click on the “Tools” menu, and select “Internet Options.”
Manage Cookies: Under the “Privacy” tab in Internet Options, you’ll find a sliding scale of different presets to manage your cookies. These options range from accepting or blocking all cookies to restricting only certain kinds of cookies from websites without a compact privacy policy. Select the option that best suits your needs and click “Apply.”
Delete Cookies: To delete all cookies, head to the “General” tab under “Internet Options” and then click “Delete…”under the “Browsing History” tab. Check “cookies and website data” and click delete.
Alternatively, point to “Safety” under the “Tools” menu and select “Delete Browsing History.” From there, check “Cookies and website data” and then click delete.
To delete individual cookies, click “Settings” under the “Browsing History” tab. From there, head to “Temporary Internet Files” and select “View Files” to see a list of all the temporary internet files Internet Explorer has saved to your hard drive. Select the files you want to remove and delete them manually.
You can also delete your IE cookies manually on Windows. This will require you to access your hidden folders, which contain sensitive data. Only follow this route as a last resort, as any missteps can seriously damage your computer.
Folder options: Search for an application in Windows Explorer called “Folder Options.” There, check the circle that’s marked “Show hidden files, folders, and drives,” uncheck “Hide protected operating system files,” and click “Apply.”
Access your cookie files: Open “Computer” and click on “OS (C:)” to access your hard drive. From there, find your user file and select “AppData” to enter the hidden folder. Head into “Roaming,” then “Microsoft,” then “Windows,” and then “Cookies.”
Delete your cookies: Here, delete the text files and the text files only. Then enter the “Low” folder and delete the text files there. Once you are finished, go back into “Folder Options,” uncheck the circle that’s marked “Show hidden files, folders, and drives,” check the box marked “Hide protected operating system files,” and click “Apply.”
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