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Websites store information such as site preferences and login status in "cookies" on your computer. This article describes how to delete cookies in Firefox.

[[Cookies - Information that websites store 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]]. __TOC__ = Delete cookies for a single site = To delete cookies for one site: # [[T:optionspreferences]] # [[T:customhistory]] # Click {button Show Cookies...}. The Cookies window will appear. #;{for win}{for not fx22}[[Image:Deleting Cookies Fx 5 - Win1]]{/for}{for =fx22,=fx23,=fx24,=fx25,=fx26,=fx27,=fx28,=fx29,=fx30,=fx31,=fx32,=fx33,=fx34,=fx35,=fx36,=fx37}[[Image:Deleting Cookies Fx 22 - Win1]]{/for}{/for}{for mac}{for =fx22,=fx23,=fx24,=fx25,=fx26,=fx27,=fx28,=fx29,=fx30,=fx31,=fx32,=fx33,=fx34,=fx35,=fx36,=fx37}[[Image:ab963d736461b221f497eb33a7f09b1a-1252719697-583-1.jpg]]{/for}{/for}{for fx38}[[Image:Privacy - show cookies - firefox 38]]{/for}{/for} # 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. # Select the cookie(s) in the list to remove and click {for not fx38}{button Remove Cookie}{/for}{for fx38}{button Remove Selected}{/for}.{for win}{for not fx38}<br/> <br/> [[Image:ab963d736461b221f497eb33a7f09b1a-1260044801-604-3.png]] <br/>{/for}{/for}{for fx38}[[Image:Privacy - show cookies - remove selected - firefox 38]]{/for}{/for}{for mac}{for not fx38}[[Image:ab963d736461b221f497eb33a7f09b1a-1251872857-60-3.jpg]]{/for}{/for} #* Select the first cookie and press {key Shift}+{key End} to select all the cookies in the list. # {for win,linux}Click {button Close} to close{/for}{for mac}Close{/for} the Cookies window. {for fx38}Close the about:preferences page.{/for} = Delete all cookies = To delete all cookies stored on your computer, either open the Cookies window as explained above and use the {button Remove All Cookies} button, or else do the following: {for not fx21} {for win}At the top of the Firefox window, click on the {button Firefox} button, go over to the {menu History} menu (click on the {menu Tools} menu in Windows XP), and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for}{for mac}On the menu bar, click on the {menu Tools} menu, and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for}{for linux}At the top of the Firefox window, click on the {menu Tools} menu, and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for} {/for} {for =fx21,=fx22,=fx23,=fx24,=fx25,=fx26,=fx27,=fx28} {for win7,win8}At the top of the Firefox window, click on the {button Firefox} button, go over to the {menu History} menu, and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for}{for mac}On the menu bar, click on the {menu History} menu, and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for}{for winxp,linux}At the top of the Firefox window, click on the {menu History} menu, and select {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for} {/for} {for fx29}Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], choose {button History}, and then {menu Clear Recent History...}.{/for} # 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. {for win}<br/> <br/> [[Image:ab963d736461b221f497eb33a7f09b1a-1260044801-604-2.png]] <br/>{/for}{for mac}<br/> <br/> [[Image:ab963d736461b221f497eb33a7f09b1a-1260044801-604-1.png]] <br/>{/for} # Click {button Clear Now} to clear the cookies and close the Clear Recent History window.