How to Manage Cookies With Safari
Cookies are parcels of text that are often sent by servers directly to your Web browser in order to smoothly facilitate transactions between your browser and certain Web pages. Cookies can be used for authenticating, tracking and maintaining site preferences, such as the contents of an online shopping cart. Some sites require your Web browser to accept cookies in order to view the site. Safari users may choose to manage cookies in order to prevent unwanted cookies from being stored on their computer. The ability to manage cookies is one of the most important security features on Safari.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
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Set Your Cookies Preferences
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Open up your Safari Web browser and click on 'Preferences' from the Safari pull down menu.
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Click on the heading 'Security.' This will take you to the window where you can set your cookies preferences.
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Decide on whether you want Safari to accept cookies: Always, Never or only from sites you navigate to.
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Alter your cookies preferences as needed.
Manage Your Cookies
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Go to the 'Security' section in Safari's 'Preferences' window.
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Locate the 'Show Cookies' button at the bottom of the screen and click on it. This will bring up a window with a list of all of the cookies that have been saved on your computer.
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Highlight each cookie to get specific details, such as when the cookie was installed, what site the cookie came from and its contents.
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Click on the 'Remove' button at the bottom of your screen in order to delete the highlighted cookie.
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Click on the 'Remove All' button in order to delete all of the cookies.
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Press 'Done' when you are finished managing your cookies.
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Tips & Warnings
You can download the latest version of Safari by going to the downloads page on Apple's main Web site (see Resources below).
Running Safari 2.0.4 requires that you run OS 10.4.2 or greater. Safari 1.0 requires OS 10.3 or greater.
Managing your cookies with Safari is an important step in maintaining your online security.
Call technical support at 1-800-275-2273 for additional help using Safari.
This guide was written using Safari 2.0.4, although the basic process for managing cookies is the same for earlier versions of Safari.
Choosing to never accept cookies can cause you to not be able to view certain pages. You can always change your settings temporarily in order to view a specific page.
