How to View Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file that’s stored in your Internet browser. Cookies serve the purpose of storing your user information for the various Web sites you visit. Without cookies, a Web site cannot remember your account or browsing history.

EditSteps

Internet Explorer

1. 1
   Open Internet Explorer.
   
   
2. 2
   Click on “Tools.” It is in the main menu area of the Internet Explorer browser.
   
   
   
3. 3
   Scroll down and select “Internet Options.” This is part of the "tools" menu.
   
   
   
4. 4
   Look under the Browsing History section on the General settings tab.
   
   
   
5. 5
   Press the “Settings” button.
   
   
   
6. 6
   Select the “View Files” button.
   
   
   
7. 7
   Scroll down until you see the files labeled as cookies.
   
   
   

Mozilla Firefox

1. 1
   Open Firefox.
   
   
2. 2
   Select the “Tools” option from the main menu of the Firefox.
   
   
   
3. 3
   Find the “Options” setting on the tools menu and click on it.
   
   
   
4. 4
   Click on the “Privacy” button.
   
   
   
5. 5
   Locate the “Remove Individual Cookies”
   
   
   
6. 6
   You can now view the cookies of your Browser.
   
   
   

Google Chrome

1. 1
   Open Google Chrome.
   
   
2. 2
   Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
   
   
   
3. 3
   Select“Settings” from the menu.
   
   
   
4. 4
   Click "Show advanced settings".
   
   
   
5. 5
   In the "Privacy" section, click the Content settings button.
   
   
   
6. 6
   Click the "All Cookies and Site Data" button.
   
   
   
7. 7
   You can now view the cookies of your Browser.
   
   
   

Apple Safari

1. 1
   Open Safari.
   
   
2. 2
   Click the "Action menu". (Action menu is near the upper-right corner of the Safari window, and looks like a gear.)
   
   
   
3. 3
   Select "Preferences"
   
   
   
4. 4
   Discover the “Privacy” tab and click on it.
   
   
   
5. 5
   If you want to see which websites store cookies on your computer, click "Details".
   
   
   
6. 6
   You can now view the cookies of your browser.