What are Browser Cookies?

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» What are Browser Cookies?

A cookie is a very small amount of text that is sent from the website you are visiting to the Internet Browser that you are using. This text has information about parts of your visit that you might want to remember like a searched term or login information. This way then next time you visit that particular site, it will remember that information. An example is within the Surety mapping system, your last Legal search will be remembered within the Search panel.

There are different types of cookies such as "session-only" cookies that only last for the period of time that you have the browsing session open. There are also "permanent" cookies that last for multiple browsing sessions. In modern browsers, you can change the settings depending on what cookies you want enabled and which ones you want blocked.

How to clear your browser's stored cookies.¶

Sometimes an issue arises within a website that requires the deleting of the cookies to resolve the issue. Below are the steps to delete cookies within each of the main browsers.

Microsoft Edge¶

Click the Settings button icon in the top right corner of the browser window then click on "Delete Browsing History" in the drop-down.

Change the Time range to "All Time" and only select the "Cookies and other site data" before clicking "Clear now".

Once it is cleared, close all of your browser windows and reopen to complete the clear process.

Google Chrome¶

Open the browser and click on the 3 dots menu button in the upper right corner and then click on Delete Browsing History

Select All Time, Check only Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files and then select Delete Data.

Mozilla Firefox¶

Open Firefox browser and click on the hamburger menu button and then select History

Click Clear recent history...

Select Everything from the "When" drop down, only select Cookies and site data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.

Safari¶

Open Safari and select Safari from the top menu then click Preferences

Select the Privacy tab

Click "Remove all website Data". Agree to the confirmation prompt.

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