How to View, Edit & Delete Cookies
Cookies are tracking files that are put on your Internet browser by websites. They send information from a Web server to your browser so that your browser can remember specific information in the future. You might not want your Internet browser bogged down with cookies, though. You might want to view, edit and delete the cookies that you don't care if your Internet browser remembers or not.
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Instructions
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Open your computer Search feature. For Windows XP and earlier, click on "Start" and then "Search." For Windows Vista and 7, click on "Start" and then the Search bar is located on the Start menu.
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Type "cookies.txt" into the search bar, and then press the "Enter" key. Your cookies file will be displayed in a search results window in Windows Vista and 7, and in Windows XP and earlier, it will be displayed in the right pane of the Search window.
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Right-click on the cookies file and select the program with which you would like to view it from the list of programs. Ideal choices would be Wordpad or Notepad. Your cookies are displayed within the word processing program you chose. Scroll through the cookies files to view them.
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Edit a cookie by right-clicking on it and selecting "Edit." Then rename or delete the part of the URL that you do not want. Delete a cookie by clicking on it to select it and then pressing the delete (Del) key.
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Tips & Warnings
Delete more than one cookie at a time by holding down the control (Ctrl) key as you select the cookies before pressing the delete key to delete them all at once.
Cookies help your Internet browser remember information, so when you delete them, you might have to reinput usernames and passwords into certain websites to regain access to them.
