Delete cookies to remove the information websites have stored on your computer
Cookies are stored on your computer by websites you visit and contain information such as site preferences or login status. This article describes how to delete cookies in Firefox.
- To clear your browsing history, cookies, and temporarily cached files at once, see Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox.
- To prevent websites from storing cookies on your computer, see Block websites from storing site preferences or login status in Firefox.
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Delete cookies for a single site
To delete cookies for one website:
- Click the menu button and choose . .
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Select the panel and go to the History section.
- In the drop-down menu next to Firefox will:Firefox will, choose .
- Click
- In the Search: field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. The cookies that match your search will be displayed.
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Tip: Select the first cookie and press Shift + End to select all the cookies in the list.
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- Select the cookie(s) in the list to remove and click .
- Click to closeClose the Cookies window. Close the about:preferences page.
- Click the menu button and choose . .
- Select the
- Click the button. The Manage Cookies and Site Data dialog will appear.
- In the Search websites field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. Items that match your search will be displayed.
- To remove all cookies and storage data for the website, click .
- To remove selected items, select an entry and click .
- Click .
- In the Removing Cookies and Site Data confirmation dialog that opens, click .
- Close the about:preferences page.
To learn more about managing site data in Firefox, see Manage local site storage settings.
Note: You can remove individual website cookies in Firefox version 60 and below, using the Page Info window tab button. You can also use the Storage Inspector to remove individual cookies for a specific website, via the right-click context menu. To open the Storage Inspector, go to the menu button
submenu or press Shift + F9 on the keyboard.
Delete all cookies
To delete all cookies stored on your computer, either open the Cookies window as explained above and use the button,either go to your Cookies and Site Data settings as explained above, click or else do the following: and then click to remove all cookies and site data
- Click the menu button and click (or click the Library button in the toolbar).
- Click and then click .
- Set Time range to clear to Everything.
- Click on the arrow next to Details to expand the list of history items.
- Select Cookies and make sure that other items you want to keep are not selected.
- Click to clear the cookies and close the Clear Recent History window.
- Click the menu button , choose and then .
- Set Time range to clear to Everything.
- Click on the arrow next to Details to expand the list of history items.
- Select Cookies and make sure that other items you want to keep are not selected.
- Click to clear the cookies and close the Clear Recent History window.