How to Remove Session Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that allow a computer to access webpages faster the next time you visit them. If cookies are allowed on a computer, you gather them every time you visit a website. If they're left alone, the cookies folder can grow to a large size, and cause your computer to slow down. Also, cookies can be used by malicious software to track the websites you visit, and to cause pop ups to appear that resemble those websites. To avoid these types of issues, just delete the cookies. It's simple and fast, and you can program many web browsers to delete them when you're done with your Internet sessions.
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Instructions
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Internet Explorer (Versions 6, 7, and 8)
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Open Internet Explorer and click on "Tools" on the toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click on "Internet Options."
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Click on "Settings" in the "Browsing History" section.
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Click on "View files" to see all the cookies that are saved on your computer.
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Highlight a cookie, and press the "Delete" key to delete it, or highlight all of them to delete the contents of the entire cookies folder.
Mozilla Firefox
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Open Mozilla Firefox and click on "Tools" on the Menu bar at the top of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear. Click on "Options..."
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Click on the "Privacy" tab.
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Click on "Show Cookies" in the "Cookies" section.
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Highlight a cookie, and click on "Delete Cookie" to delete it, or click on "Delete All Cookies" to clear the cookies folder.
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Tips & Warnings
To program Internet Explorer to delete cookies automatically, go to the "Internet Options" screen, click the "Advanced" tab, and check the box that says, "Delete Temporary Internet Files folder when the browser is closed." In Firefox, click on "Tools," click on the "Privacy" tab, and check the box that says, "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox."
