Clear, allow and manage cookies in Chrome

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.

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. At the top right, tap More Settings.
3. Tap Privacy and security Clear browsing data.
4. Choose a time range, like Last hour or All time.
5. Tick Cookies and site data and untick all other items.
6. Tap Clear data Clear.

Allow or block cookies

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:

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. At the top right, tap More Settings.
3. Tap Site settings Cookies.
4. Select an option:
   • Allow 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.

Allow related sites to access your activity

A company can define a group of sites that are related to each other. For example, a company might want to keep you signed in as you move between acme-music.example and acme-video.example.

If third-party cookies allowed: Allows related sites to access your activity to personalise content or keep you signed in across sites.

If you block third-party cookies: It often prevents this kind of connection between sites. You can block third-party cookies while you allow sites in the same group to improve your experience.

You can find the full list of companies who define groups of related sites on Github. Learn more about related sites and third-party cookies.

Important: If you select 'Allow all cookies', then a group of related sites can share your activity in the group by default.

To allow related sites to see your activity within the group:

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. At the top right, tap More Settings.
3. Under 'Site settings', tap Cookies Block third-party cookies.
4. Turn Allow related sites to see your activity in the group on or off.

To show related sites in the same group:

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. At the top right, tap More Settings.
3. Under 'Privacy and security', tap Cookies All sites.
4. Choose a site.
5. Tap Show sites in same group.

Tip: To find related sites, next to the address bar, tap Lock Cookies and site data See related sites.

Clear cookies from a single site

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Go to a website.
3. At the top right, tap More Info Cookies.
4. Next to the number of cookies in use, tap Delete .

Related resources

• Change site settings permissions
• Clear browsing data
• Clear cache and cookies
• Manage your ads privacy in Chrome