Clear cookies and site data in Firefox
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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 cookies and site data in Firefox.
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Delete cookies for a single site
To delete cookies for one website:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
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Select the
panel and go to the History section. - In the drop-down menu next to 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.
Tip: Select the first cookie and press Shift + End to select all the cookies in the list.
- Select the cookie(s) in the list to remove and click .
- Click to closeClose the Cookies window. Close the about:preferences page.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Select the
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panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data section.
- Click the button. The Manage Cookies and Site Data dialog will appear.
- In 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.
Note: You can remove individual cookies for a specific website from the Firefox Page Info window for the website, using the button in the Security tab.
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.