Although cookies are very useful to navigate the Internet,but you are definitely need to know the basics of removing your cookie files in your machine so you can protect your privacy when you are online.
Always there are two types of cookies which are regular text browser cookies and flash cookies. To ensure maximum web browsing privacy, you have to delete both types of cookies.
Too many Internet users delete cookies which are text-based and leave flash cookies intact. This does not protect your privacy when you are online. You have to know how to delete flash cookies, too.
There is no one standardized way to remove cookies since different browsers clear cookies using different procedures.
This article helps you manage cookies by guiding you on how to remove cookies on the Firefox browsers.
Before going through the steps below, make sure you are using the latest version of Firefox for your OS. Doing this ensures that you benefit from the latest security updates offered by your browser.
Keep in mind that the more popular a browser is, the higher the chance that it is being targeted for spyware or malware infection.
1: Look at the top end of your Firefox window and you will see a 'Firefox' button. Click it and click 'Options'
2: Click on 'Privacy'
3: You will see 'Firefox will:'. Set it to 'Use custom settings for history.'
4: Click on the 'Show Cookies' button on the right side
5: If you want to clear cookies set by individual sites, enter the complete domain or partial domain name of the site you want to manage in the search field.
Your search will retrieve the list of cookies set for that site.Then click 'Remove Cookie'
6: If you want to clear all cookies, click the top of your Firefox window and click on your Firefox button. Click the History menu and pick out 'Clear Recent History' Select 'Everything' for the 'Time Range To Clear' option. Click on the downward arrow located next to 'Details'.
This will open up the list of items. Click 'Cookies' and make sure all the other items are unselected. Click on the 'Clear Now' button at the bottom. Close your 'Clear Recent History' window.
