You can choose to delete existing cookies, allow or block all cookies, and set preferences for certain websites.
What cookies are
Cookies are files created by websites that you visit. By saving information about your visit, they make your online experience easier. For example, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences and give you locally relevant content.
There are two types of cookies:
- First-party cookies: Created by the site that you visit. The site is shown in the address bar.
- Third-party cookies: Created by other sites. A site that you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads and text. Any of these sites can save cookies and other data to personalise your experience.
Clear all cookies
Important: If you delete cookies, you might get signed out of sites that remember you and your saved preferences could be deleted. This applies any time a cookie is deleted.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings
.
- Click Privacy and security
Cookies and other site data.
- Click See all site data and permissions
Clear all data.
- To confirm, click Clear.
Delete specific cookies
Delete cookies from a site- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings
.
- Click Privacy and security
Cookies and other site data.
- Click See all site data and permissions.
- At the top right, search for the website's name.
- To the right of the site, click Remove
.
- To confirm, click Clear.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
More tools
Clear browsing data.
- At the top, next to 'Time range', click the drop-down.
- Choose a time period, such as the past hour or the past day.
- Tick Cookies and other site data.
- Untick all the other items.
- Click Clear data.
Change your cookie settings
Important: If you don't allow sites to save cookies, most sites that require you to sign in won't work and your saved preferences may not be saved.
You can allow or block cookies for any site.
Allow or block cookiesYou can allow or block all cookies by default. You can also allow cookies from a site that you visit, but block third-party cookies in ads or images on that web page.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings
.
- Under 'Privacy and security', click Cookies and other site data.
- Select an option:
- Allow all cookies.
- Block all cookies (not recommended).
- Block third-party cookies in Incognito.
- Block third-party cookies.
- If you block third-party cookies, all cookies and site data from other sites are blocked, even if the site is allowed on your exceptions list.
If you allow cookies by default, you can still block them for a certain site.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click Privacy and security
Cookies and other site data.
- Next to 'Sites that can always use cookies', 'Always clear cookies when windows are closed' or 'Sites that never use cookies', click Add.
- Enter the web address.
- To create an exception for an entire domain, insert
[*.]
before the domain name. For example,[*.]google.com
will matchdrive.google.com
andcalendar.google.com
. - You can also put an IP address or a web address that doesn't start with
http://
.
- To create an exception for an entire domain, insert
- Select Add.
To remove an exception that you don't want any more, to the right of the website, click More
Remove.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- In the address bar at the top:
- To allow third-party cookies: Select Third-party cookies blocked
and turn on Third-party cookies.
- To block third-party cookies: Select Third-party cookies allowed
and turn off Third-party cookies.
- To allow third-party cookies: Select Third-party cookies blocked
- To close the dialogue box and reload the page, select Close
. You can also select anywhere outside of the dialogue box to close it.
- Once the page reloads, it shows 'Third-party cookies allowed' or “Third-party cookies blocked.”
Tips:
- This option is only temporary and only for the site you’re on.
- Sites get added to the exception list automatically.
- If you temporarily allow third-party cookies on a site, that setting carries over into Incognito mode and you can't reset it from Incognito mode.
acme-music.example
and acme-video.example
.To allow related sites to see your activity within the group:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click Privacy and security
Third-party cookies.
- Select Block third-party cookies.
- Turn Allow related sites to remember you across sites on or off.
To show related sites in the same group:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click Privacy and security
Third-party cookies
See all site data and permissions.
- Choose a site.
- Click More
Show related sites.
Tip: To find related sites, next to the address bar, click View site information
Cookies and site data
See related sites.
Sites you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, text and even features — like a text editor or weather widget. These other sites can ask for permission to use info they’ve saved about you (often saved using cookies) in order for their content to function properly.
For example, imagine you normally compose documents on docs.google.com
. While completing a task for school, you need to collaborate with other students on your school’s class portal that offers direct access to Google Docs. With your permission:
- Google Docs can access its third-party cookies while you use your school’s site, allowing a connection between the site and Google Docs.
- This may allow Google Docs to verify who you are, find your info and save changes you make to your documents on the site.
In some cases, this info can be used to track your activity as you browse sites. As a privacy feature, you can decide when to allow embedded content to access your data for sites you trust.
Tip: The connection uses cookies and lasts for 30 days or as long as you remain active. You can stop allowing the connection at any time in Settings.
To allow or decline permission
When you browse a site that displays a prompt requesting permission for the embedded content to use information they’ve saved about you:
- Select Allow to give the site access to information they’ve saved about you (using cookies)
- Select Don’t allow to deny access
Tips:
- To stop allowing access, learn how to manage site settings permissions.
- You can also manage access by clicking View site information
to the left of the address bar, and then turning Embedded content on or off.