Many of us spend several hours browsing the internet using Google Chrome. We can do this from a desktop computer, an Android or iOS device. While reading articles, recipes or how-to guides, you may accept cookies and fill your browser’s cache. Usually, websites provide cookies to improve your browsing experience. However, you cannot blindly trust all cookies.
Now, there are different types of cookies, but the ones you should worry about are Stored Cookies and Third Party Cookies. Stored cookies track your online preferences and only expire after a certain period of time. Third-party cookies, on the other hand, collect your data and sell them to advertisers. Accepting either of these cookies on your Google Chrome can cause various problems, such as:
When you click the accept cookie button on a website, you may experience any of the following issues:
- Data Theft: There have been a number of cases where hackers hijacked cookies to gain access to browsing sessions. In the end, it also leads to the theft of your browsing or personal data.
- Slow browsing speed: When you accumulate cookies on your browser, it slows down website loading speed.
- Privacy: After you accept cookies on a website, it tracks the pages you visit or the purchases you make to push more personalized ads.
To avoid any of the problems listed above, you might consider clearing your Google Chrome cookies. Here’s how to clear cookies on Google Chrome for desktop, iPhone, and Android.
The steps below will show you how to clear cookies on Google Chrome for desktop:
Step 1: On your PC, click the Start menu and search for Chrome.
Step 2: Click Open to launch the Chrome app from the results.
Step 3: Navigate your cursor to the top right of the browser and click the vertical ellipsis to ‘Customize and control Google Chrome.’
Step 4: Click More Tools from the options.
Step 5: Click Clear browsing data.
Step 6: From the Basic tab, select the time period for the cookies you need to delete. Available options include last hour, last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 4 weeks and all time.
Step 7: Check the box next to ‘Cookies and other site data.’
Step 8: Click on Clear data.
How to delete Cookies on Google Chrome for iPhone
You should be aware that deleting cookies may log you out of your Google account. To ensure that getting back in is easy, make sure you update your email address and recovery phone number in case you need to verify your identity. Here’s how to clear cookies on the Google Chrome app on your iPhone:
Step 1: Launch Chrome from your device’s home screen.
Step 2: Tap the horizontal ellipsis at the bottom of the page.
Step 3: From the options, tap History.
Step 4: Click Clear browsing data.
Step 5: Tap Duration and select the time period for the cookie you need to delete. Available options include last hour, last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 4 weeks and all time.
Step 6: Click Back, then on Cookies, Site Data.
Step 7: Click Clear browsing data to clear all cookies.
How to delete Cookies on Google Chrome for Android
Here’s how to clear cookies on Google Chrome through your Android device:
Step 1: Launch Chrome from your device’s home screen.
Step 2: Tap the horizontal ellipsis at the bottom of the page.
Step 3: From the options, tap History.
Step 4: Click Clear browsing data.
Step 5: Click the drop-down menu next to Duration and select the time period for the cookies you need to delete. Available options include last hour, last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 4 weeks and all time.
Step 6: Click the checkbox next to Cookies and site data.
Step 7: Click Clear data.
Use Chrome Password Manager
When you delete cookies from your Chrome browser, certain websites may temporarily become slower because they have to reload some of your previous content. Additionally, some settings on your frequently visited websites may no longer exist. As such, you must log in to such sites again. To prevent that, you should use Chrome Password Manager.
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