<p class="p1">In 2016, more than <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/internet"><span class="s1">three-quarters of Americans</span></a> were online.</p>
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<p class="p1">As more people connected to the world wide web, companies became more interested in their habits while they&#8217;re online. One of the ways in which they get insight into those habits is computer cookies.</p>
<p class="p1">Cookies are simply a piece of data that&#8217;s stored on your computer so a website can store your browser history. But cookies can also cause security problems, so it&#8217;s not a good idea to leave them stored on your computer for long.</p>
<p class="p1">Luckily, there&#8217;s a fast and easy way to get rid of the cookies stored on the computer. Keep reading to learn more about how to clear cookies on my computer.</p>
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<p class="p2"><b>Determine Your Web Browser</b></p>
<p class="p1">A <a href="https://techterms.com/definition/web_browser"><span class="s1">web browser</span></a> is an applicaion that you use to surf the internet. The most common browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Apple Safari. You&#8217;ll need to know which web browser you use in order to clear your cookies.</p>
<p class="p1"><b>Google Chrome</b> has three horizontal lines in the upper right corner of your browser. Those three horizontal lines are what you&#8217;re going to use to clear your cookies.</p>
<p class="p1">The logo design for<b> Mozilla Firefox</b> is a brown fox wrapped around a blue globe. You can&#8217;t always find it in your browser window. You can head to the three horizontal lines in the upper right corner of your browser, click &#8220;Help&#8221;, and look for the &#8220;About Firefox&#8221; information to be sure that&#8217;s the browser you&#8217;re using.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Internet Explorer</b> is a blue, lower-case &#8220;e&#8221;. Look for this logo on the left side of the URL bar (i.e. where you type the web address that you want to visit).</p>
<p class="p1">If you&#8217;re running a Mac product, it came with <b>Apple Safari</b>. This browser has yellow, green, and red lights in the upper left corner. It also has an Apple logo on the toolbar at the very top of the screen.</p>
<p class="p2"><b>How to Clear Cookies on My Computer</b></p>
<p class="p1">Learning how to clear cookies on your computer is easier than learning <a href="https://heardandsmith.com/articles_how-to-apply.html"><span class="s1">how to apply for Social Security Disability</span></a>. All you need to know is what browser you&#8217;re using. From there, follow the directions for your web browser as outlined below.</p>
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<p class="p3"><b>Google Chrome</b></p>
<p class="p1">Click on the three horizontal lines at the upper right of the browser window. Select &#8220;Settings&#8221; from the menu that pops up.</p>
<p class="p1">From settings, you can go to your &#8220;Privacy&#8221; settings. From there, click &#8220;Clear browsing data&#8221;.</p>
<p class="p1">Leave all items unselected except &#8220;Cookies, site data&#8221;. Finally, click &#8220;Clear browsing data&#8221;.</p>
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<p class="p3"><b>Mozilla Firefox</b></p>
<p class="p1">Find the three horizontal lines at the top right corner of the browser window. In the menu that pops up, click &#8220;Privacy&#8221;.</p>
<p class="p1">In the Privacy tab, choose &#8220;Clear your recent history.&#8221; Leave all the other items unselected except &#8220;Cookies&#8221;. To delete all of the cookies, select &#8220;Everything&#8221; and then click &#8220;Clear now.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p3"><b>Internet Explorer</b></p>
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<p class="p1">Click &#8220;Tools&#8221; and select &#8220;Internet Options.&#8221; Find the &#8220;General&#8221; tab and go to &#8220;Browsing History.&#8221; Click &#8220;Delete.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">From here, you have to select the boxes for &#8220;Cookies and website data&#8221; as well as &#8220;Temporary Internet Files and website files.&#8221; Click &#8220;Delete&#8221; to remove those files.</p>
<p class="p3"><b>Apple Safari</b></p>
<p class="p1">From the &#8220;Edit&#8221; menu, find &#8220;Preferences&#8221;. Then click &#8220;Security&#8221; followed by &#8220;Show Cookies&#8221;.</p>
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<p class="p1">Select &#8220;Remove All&#8221; and then &#8220;Done&#8221;. You can then close the &#8220;Preferences&#8221; window.</p>
<p class="p2"><b>More Help With Technology</b></p>
<p class="p1">You can now confidently say &#8220;I know how to clear cookies on my computer.&#8221; All it takes is identifying what web browser you&#8217;re using and then following some quick instructions. Do this every couple weeks to keep your computer free of cookies.</p>
<p class="p1">And for more helpful technology tips like this, check out our Technology blog regularly.</p>
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