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How to Delete Yahoo Cookies

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By Michele Martinez
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Delete Yahoo Cookies
Delete Yahoo Cookies
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A cookie is a string of information that is sent to your computer from each website that you visit. Cookies are harmless. Why would you want to delete them? They can store information such as user name, IP address, password, email address, shopping cart items and any strings of information that can be related to your identity. Cookies that are on your computer may slow your computer down. Therefore you may want to delete cookies from your browser while using Yahoo or other sites. Here is a very simple explanation of how to delete Yahoo cookies and other cookies that are stored on your computer.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1
     

    Click on your computer's start button. This is located in the lower left corner of your screen.

  2. Step 2

    Click on Control Panel. This will appear on a box that pops up after you click on the start button.

  3. Step 3
     

    Click on Network & Internet Options. This will appear in the box once you have clicked Control Panel.

  4. Step 4
     

    Click on Internet Options. This will appear in a separate box once you have clicked Network & Internet Options.

  5. Step 5
     

    Under browsing history click “Delete”. This is located on the same pop-up box as Internet Options.

  6. Step 6
     

    Under cookies click “Delete Cookies”. This will be located on a separate pop-up box.

  7. Step 7

    Click close and then click OK. You have just deleted cookies that were attached from Yahoo or any other web source.

Tips & Warnings
  • Look into blocking cookies from your computer so that you do not need to continue to delete them.
  • Deleting cookies may cause some web pages to work incorrectly.
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