Many of you, perhaps, have heard such mysterious words more than once: cache (cache) and cookies (cookie) of the browser. Usually these terms go next to the verb "cleanse". What are these objects? How do you clean them? Let's look for answers to these questions.
So, browser cache - what is it? Traveling on the World Wide Web, we download various web pages for viewing and downloading materials. Most likely, we do not realize that the browser automatically saves a certain kind of information on the hard drive of our PC. A record consists of a collection of temporary files, for example:
- - page design elements;
- - graphics and pictures viewed by us;
- - the listened melody and so on.
For what? Answer: Speeding up the loading process of the same page when re-accessing it. The pace is increasing because information is now partially downloaded from files stored on your PC, and not from a server just remote from you. This is great! However, it is not complete without some problems. Which ones?
First, the number of such files increases over time. With regular use of the Internet, their volume quickly exceeds several gigabytes.
Secondly, since graphic elements are sent to the cache, this leads to incorrect display of sites that have updated the design. A similar picture is observed for part online games... These problems are not always resolved by refreshing the page.
These arguments leave no doubt about the importance of periodically clearing the cache.
Cookies are also temporary files. Personal information is stored there: password, login, identifier, e-mail address, and the like. Having opened the site, we immediately find ourselves on our page, in our account thanks to this saved data.
However, even here not everything is so simple. If you do not regularly clear the disk of cookies, then this leads to a number of new problems. In particular, to hacking mailbox copying your personal data. Therefore, for complete control of confidential information, these files are systematically deleted. The table below shows how to clear cookies in a number of popular browsers.
Browser clearing technology (cookie)
| № p / p |
Browser name | Cleaning method |
| 1 | Google chrome | Sequence of actions: button "Menu" (3 strips in the right corner) - section "Tools" - command "Delete data on viewed pages". Pre-select the period. We delete cookies that have been stored for a certain time. For quick access to the line "Clear history" use the Ctrl + Shift + Delete keyset. |
| 2 | Opera | The sequence of operations: "Menu" of the browser (the Opera button at the top left) - "Settings" - "Delete personal data". From the list that appears, select the items to be deleted. Click the Remove button. When we delete only certain Internet resources, click on "Manage cookies". Having selected sites for deletion, click - "Delete". |
| 3 | Yandex | Button "Menu" (gear) - "Tools" - "Delete data on viewed pages." Select the files to be deleted in the window and the "Delete" button. Quick access to "Clear history" through the set: Ctrl + Shift + Delete. |
| 4 | Mozilla FireFox | Delete cookies in this browser using the command system: "Menu" - "Tools" - "Settings". We select the "Privacy" tab in this window. Click on "Clear your recent history". Then drop-down menu "Details". Selecting a period and a list to delete and clicking - "Clear now". Cookies for blogs, forums, portals are deleted through the commands: "Privacy" - "Delete individual cookies". We select from them the cookies of the sites to be deleted. Click: "Delete cookies", or "Delete all cookies". |
| 5 | Safari | Cookies are deleted in it according to the scheme: "Menu" (gear, upper corner) - "Settings" - "Privacy". The blocking of cookies is configured here. You can block access to advertisers and third parties. Or they are removed. There is a restriction, permission or site access to PC location data. In "Restricting access of websites to geolocation services" we move the radio button to the desired position. To delete all unnecessary data with one command, click "Delete all website data" and confirm it with the "Delete now" operation. The cache is also cleared by a set of keys: Ctrl + Alt + E. To remove all data remaining from one or a group of sites, click Details. Select the resource whose data you want to delete. Click "Delete". |
| 6 | Internet Explorer | In it, you can clear cookies through a set of commands: "Properties" (on the top panel) - "Delete browsing history" - "Delete browsing history". It is possible to delete data either individually or all at once through the "Delete all" command. Then we confirm the actions in the same window. |
Hope you got necessary information not just about how to clear the cache (cache) and cookies (cookies) of the browser. Now you know what their purpose is, and besides what is stored there.
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In this article I will describe, how to delete cookies in the most popular browsers Chrome, Mozilla, Opera and IE.
Cookies store information about the pages you visited, as well as the username and password that you entered on the sites to enter under your account... What is the subject of the hackers' hunt. For a home computer, this is not so important if you do not store credit card numbers on your computer, but it is still not very pleasant if your account on some website is hacked.
So it's best to periodically clear your browser's cookies.
How to remove cookies in Chrome.
To delete cookies in Chrome, you need to go to the settings menu.
This can be done in several ways.
1. Through the address bar. To do this, enter the following addresses in the address bar:
chrome: // settings / content - to enter the “Content settings” menu.
chrome: // settings / clearBrowserData- to enter the "Clear history" menu.
2. Using hot keys. To do this, press the key combination:
Ctrl + Shift + Del
And you will immediately go to the "Clear history" menu.
3. Using the main browser menu. To do this, click on the icon in the right upper corner browser.
Click “Show advanced settings”, and further open the settings menu.
Go to the "Personal data" section. Here we need two buttons "Content settings" and "Clear history".
If you go to the "Content Settings" menu, then you can configure the settings for saving cookies in the browser.
If you activate the “Save local data only until the browser is closed” checkbox, the cookies will be deleted immediately after the browser is closed.
If you click on the button “All cookies and site data”, then we will see all the cookies that are stored in the browser.
Here you can delete all cookies at once, or separately.
If you go to the "Clear history" section of the menu, then here we can select which files we need to delete. In this case, we choose to delete cookies.
What is convenient to use Chrome browser, so this is that the settings menu can be accessed through the address bar of the browser. And the address of the settings menu can be added to the browser bookmarks.
V Yandex browser settings similar to Chrome and cookies are deleted as well.
How to remove Cookies in Mozilla Firefox.
Delete cookies in Mozilla Firefox can also be done in two ways.
1. Using the hotkeys Ctrl + Shift + Del, we will immediately open the "Erase Recent History" window.
Where we can delete several types of files at once, including cookies. Check the boxes that need to be deleted and click the "Clear now" button. Here you can also select the time period for which we delete files.
2. Using the browser menu.
To do this, go to the browser settings along the path:
"Tools - Options"
Go to the "Privacy" tab.
Here we select the section at the bottom of the window "Delete individual cookies".
And in this window we already choose which cookies to delete, you can do everything at once, or you can have some separately.
How to delete Cookies in Opera.
In order for us to delete cookies in Opera, you also need to go to the browser settings menu.
This can be done in two ways.
1. Using the hotkeys Ctrl + F12, we will go directly to the browser settings menu.
Or via the main menu: “Settings - General settings”.
Here we already go to the "Advanced" tab, and select the Cookies section in the left column. Here we can tell the browser to accept cookies or not. And also delete them when you close the browser or not delete them.
If we click on the "Manage cookies" button, then in a new window we can change or delete cookies individually.
In order to delete all cookies at once in Opera, you need to go to the browser menu:
"Settings - Delete personal data"
First of all, don't confuse cookies with history and cache.
What are cookies cookie cookie s?
These are text files that are stored on your computer in hidden folder browser. V cookies are contained data that you entered on all sites. These are usually logins and passwords. They also contain various settings for sites (themes, widgets, saves, past searches, etc.). They are also sometimes used to collect statistics of all kinds of toolbars like Yandex bar.
For example, you enter a social network and immediately go to a page with news (this was before when you entered your page) without even entering your Login and Password. And they did it because in the browser they once clicked on the pop-up button at the top Save.
This also happens when you visit other sites, such as mail or torrent tracker.
A reasonable question - how does the site know your password and login (as well as settings) to enter? Yes, because they are on your computer and, when you enter the site, the site sends a request to your browser about the information in cookies and the browser gives them to the site. This kind of interaction is imperceptible, and in the end, without even entering anything, you get to the site as an authorized user.
On some sites there is such a, some invisible, check mark with the words "Someone else's computer" or "Not for this computer" or something like that. So this is exactly what is needed for cookies. If you select this checkbox, enter your password and login, and go to the site - cookies will not be saved.
On the one hand, it is very convenient - you do not need to enter passwords every time and remember them for websites. By the way, cookies don't always work correctly. More precisely, they seem to be "attached" to. And if you use a browser, for example, Firefox for one site as one user, then going to the same site through Opera you will no longer have user data saved.
This is usually used when several people use the computer and visit the same site. In this case, you also do not need to enter your data every time, because each browser has its own cookies.
Cookies are also called sessions. A session is a visit to a site. Basically the same as cookies. Usually, the sites themselves designate how long the session will last.
So, in order to clear cookies on the site, just press the button Log off(Exit) on the site.
However, after that, sometimes your data will still remain in the login and password fields, but this is already a trick of the browser, which helps to save them through itself, and not cookies.
Sometimes antivirus swears at them, but this is due to the fact that all sorts of malicious sites are trying to "cram" any advertisements or viruses into cookies.
Therefore, the presence of antivirus and firewall when surfing the Internet.
Now a little about saving your data.
Yes, cookies store your passwords and logins for authorization on sites, and often it is these data that are the object of stealing all cookies. To obtain cookies, viruses and malicious programs are used that you can install on your computer, or they will be installed unnoticed by you when you visit a harmful site.
But there is another side of the coin - information in cookies is stored in encrypted form. And if you have a really complex password, then it is very difficult (almost impossible) to decrypt it.
Where are the cookies located on the computer?
As I wrote above, they are located in the browser folder, which is.
Google chrom I don't have it, I tested it on SPWare Iron
Windows XP C: \ Documents and Settings \ (Your_Profile) \ Application Data \ Chromium \
Windows 7 C: \ Users \ (Your_Profile) \ AppData \ Local \ Chromium \ User Data \ Default \ Cache \
Opera
Windows XP C: \ Documents and Settings \ (Your_Profile) \ Application Data \ Opera \
Windows 7 C: \ Users \ (Your_Profile) \ AppData \ Local \ Opera \ Opera \ cache \
Firefox
Windows XP C: \ Documents and Settings \ (Your_Profile) \ Application Data \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \\
Windows 7 C: \ Users \ (Your_Profile) \ AppData \ Roaming \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \\
Internet Explorer
Windows XP C: \ Documents and Settings \ Cookies \\
Windows 7 C: \ Users \ (Your_Profile) \ AppData \ Roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Cookies \\
In general, the meaning is clear - in the Application Data folders for Windows XP and Roaming and Local for Windows 7
Where are cookies located in the browser and how do I delete them?
The option is much more interesting.
Where are and how to delete cookies in Mozilla Firefox
Settings -> Settings
Select the link you have highlighted on the screen. A window will appear with a choice of your actions.
Where are and how to delete cookies in Opera (Opera)
Settings -> General Settings (or the keyboard shortcut ctrl + f12)
Tab Extended, in it at the bottom left of the tab Cookies... In it, you can configure what you want to do with them. By pressing the button Managing cookies ... a window with all the cookies will appear
Where are and how to delete cookies in Google Chrome
Select the wrench icon in the upper right corner
Choose from the menu - Settings or Options
Then (on the left) “Advanced” and then “Content settings” there we select “All cookies and site data ...” and do what we want.
We fry cookies and smoke cache
How to clear (delete) cache and cookies
I have long wanted to write about how important it is not to forget to clean-delete cookies and cache in the browser before registering in investment projects. This article will be useful for those who are not familiar with concepts such as cache, cookies. I also want to touch on and moral aspect(!) registration by affiliate links.
What are cache and cookies files for?
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Cookies help to recognize users who have previously entered and completed the registration procedure on the site. The function is convenient in that after registration, when saving a password and entering a specific site, you do not need to enter the password every time you enter and login. True, I do not recommend saving passwords in investment projects and payment systems, there are too many fraudsters in the network.
Where are the cookies located?
Cookies are stored on our computers in a special system folder for temporary files. In OS Windows files cookies are in the folder
C: \ Documents and Settings \ USER \ Local Settings \ Temporary Internet Files. Where USER is your username.
The purpose of cookies is to store the entered registration data and is also used to:
- fast user authentication;
- viewing the user's access status;
- saving individual preferences, user settings;
- accounting for statistics about site visitors;
- saving the affiliate code that is transmitted through the affiliate link.
The moral aspect of registrations through affiliate links
Often, surfing the endless expanses of the Internet, we don’t think about which links we are registering with. But there is another side and I would like my readers to know it. On this other side people sit and invent, write, compose content for their readers, try, do not sleep at night, etc.
What do you think, should such work be paid somehow ?!
The answer to this question, of course, depends on the decency and general culture of the site visitor. Personally, I try to register only through affiliate links from those resources where I have a desire to say thank you to the author for the information. To express such gratitude, you need to clear the cookies.
Separately, I would like to note that when registering consciously through an agent's link, according to unspoken ethics, you can count on the informational assistance of an agent, who is often an expert on this issue.
To clear / delete cookies, you need to open the settings of the corresponding Internet browser that you are using. I will analyze the main ones.
How to clear cookies in Mozilla Firefox
In order to clear cookies in Mozilla Firefox, select the "Tools" tab in the main menu, click on the line "Erase recent history", then "Clear now".
How to clear cookies in Internet Explorer 7.8
In order to clear cookies in the explorer, go to the "Service" menu, then open the "Internet Options" click on the "Delete cookies" button, mark the checkboxes shown on the screen and click "Delete".
How to view and clear cookies in Google Chrome
In order to clear cookies in Google Chrome, press Shift + Ctrl + Del on the keyboard at the same time. The "Erase Recent History" window will appear, check the first four boxes, then select "All Time" and click "Clear". In order to clear the cache and cookies in Yandex Browser, follow the same steps.
In order to delete cookies and cache in Opera (Opera browser), select "Settings" in the Internet browser menu, then the "General" option. Then select the option "Cookies", "Manage Cookies". You can delete everything at once, or mark specific sites and perform selective deletion. To delete history, select the "History" item and there click on the "Clear" button.
How to delete cookies and cache in Safari
Click in the "Safari" menu on "Preferences", select "Bookmarks" in the window, open "Show Cookies". You can delete everything at once, or mark specific sites and perform selective deletion. I'm actually wondering if anyone uses this browser.)
Deleting cookies using the program
You can clear cookies by special programs, one of which is CCleaner, which are included in the required package when installing the Windows operating system. It is CCleaner that unloads the system, deletes files that are no longer needed for this computer, allowing you to free up to 1 GB of memory.
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Hello dear readers! In this article, we will talk about the cookies of the Google Chrome browser. Let's figure out how to clean individual elements or completely remove them. Well, first, a little theory.
First, let's figure out what cookies are and what they are for. And also find out what harm or benefit these cookies can bring.
Cookies are files necessary for the operation of the browser, which store information about the user, passwords to sites, accounts in social networks and other confidential data. If malware gets access to your cookies, then, of course, all this information can fall into the hands or the database of the attacker. At times, the viruses themselves can disguise themselves as cookies. That is why it is so important to clean them or remove them completely.
How to completely delete cookies
Press the browser menu button and select the "Settings" item from the drop-down list:
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link "Show advanced settings":
Find the "Personal data" section and click on the "Clear history" button:
In the next window, we indicate the period of time for which we need to delete cookies. If you want to delete them completely, then put "For all time", and also mark with a tick only the item "Cookies, as well as other data of sites and plugins".
Click on the "Clear history" button.
Clearing individual cookies in Chrome
If you do not want to completely delete all cookies contained in your browser, but only get rid of some of them, then Chrome browser provides this opportunity.
To do this, we are already following the path we already know: "Menu - Settings - Show additional settings". Find the section "Personal data" and click on the button "Content settings".
In the window that opens in the "Cookies" section, click on the "All cookies and site data" button:
We load a list of all sites with saved data. If you want to delete some of them, then simply move the mouse cursor to one of them and click on the cross in the right corner.
This way a long list of cookies can be cleared.
Such a function may be necessary if you have been sitting away from your computer for some time and left data on some sites, it is better to delete such sites from this list.
Chrome cookie extension
In addition to the standard functions in the browser, we can also use various additional extensions that will help us delete some cookies, as well as make backups of such files, etc.
In general, for general development, I explain how to install such an extension and perform some tricks with it.
We press "Menu - Settings" and in the left menu we go to "Extensions", where we can observe a list of all the extensions installed at the moment.
We go down to the very bottom of the page and click on the "More extensions" button:
We are opening a Google search service Chrome extensions... Let's use it and look for what they offer us for cookies. We drive the corresponding request into the search bar and press Enter.
Install the proposed extension with the same name cookies:
After installation, you will immediately see what is this extension... It looks like a small cookie editor.
If you click on one of the sites, then we can immediately delete the cookie data, make a backup or add the file to the whitelist.
In more detail, which button is responsible for what, I drew in the screenshot:
Clearing cookies using CCleaner
Who has it installed this program, and he loves to use it, you can immediately delete all cookies without going into the browser.
This is done very simply.
We launch the program. We remove the birds from all the marked points. In the "Applications" tab, we find the "Google Chrome" browser, put the checkbox in front of the Cookies and click on the "Clear" button.
