Cookies aren’t the biggest threat to your computer or device. But they can be annoying. Not only that, they can compromise your privacy. So, do you want to say goodbye cookies? Well, your friendly Boston computer service shop is here to do that (they sent me to write this article). Goodbye cookies: Delete cookies from web browsers.
But first, I should explain what cookies are. They’re small data files that track online activity. Sounds evasive, doesn’t it? Then that’s why you want to get rid of them. Google Chrome is the most popular web browser out there today. So here’s how you do it there. Click on ‘Menu’ in the upper right hand corner. Then, click ‘Settings’. After that, click ‘Show advanced settings’, then ‘content settings’. It will shock you what this will reveal. From there, click on, ‘all cookies and site data…”. Then, you can either delete certain files one at or time. You can also delete them all by clicking, ‘remove all’.
Firefox is also a popular web browser. You can say goodbye cookies with them as well. Start with the ‘tools’ menu. From there, select ‘options’, then ‘privacy’, then ‘history’, then click, ‘use custom setting for history’. This will show you your browsing history. If you want to delete cookies, click on ‘show cookies’. It will show you a list of cookies you built up over time. Like with Chrome, you can either delete one at a time, or delete all of them with one swoop.
Most of us in the computer repair business know how important your privacy is. We also know how fleeting it is, and how many threats there are to it. So deleting cookies is just one way to do that. Other web browsers have other methods to say goodbye cookies. Feel free to use them. Isn’t saying goodbye cookies just one battle in fighting the war against privacy invasion?