4 Simple Ways to View Cookies in a Web Browser

Do you want to look up your cookies on your computer's web browser? Cookies are pieces of information that help your browser remember a website's past visit. This makes the website easier and quicker to access. Cookies can usually be found in your browser's Settings, and you can view, delete, or manage them for individual websites. This wikiHow will show you how to view and access your browser's cookies on the desktop versions of Google Chrome , Safari , Firefox , and Microsoft Edge .

Viewing Your Browser Cookies

In Google Chrome, click ⋮ → "Settings" → "Privacy and security" → "Cookies and other site data" → "See all site data and permissions".
On Safari, click "Safari" → "Settings" → "Privacy" → "Manage Website Data…".
On Firefox, click ☰ → "Settings" → "Privacy & Security" → "Manage data…".

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Using Google Chrome

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Open Google Chrome and click ⋮ . This icon is in the top-right corner of the Chrome window.
- A drop-down menu will open.
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Click Settings . It's toward the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- A new window will open.
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Click Privacy and security . This will be on the left panel, underneath Autofill and passwords . ^{[1]
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Click Third-party cookies . It's under the "Privacy and security" header and has an icon of a cookie.
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Click See all site data and permissions . You may need to scroll down to find this option. ^{[2]
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- The All sites page will open.
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View your cookies. You'll see a list of visited websites. ^{[3]
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- Click the drop-down menu for Sort by and select: Most visited, Data stored, or Name. You can also use the search bar in the top-right corner to search for specific websites.
- Click the arrow next to each website to expand its details. You can adjust permission for each cookie here.
- To delete a cookie , select a website and click the trash can.
- You can also delete Google Chrome history .

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Using Safari

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This will be in the top toolbar, next to the Apple logo.
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This is the top tab between Security and Websites . ^{[5]
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You can find this below Cookies and website data . ^{[6]
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View your cookies. You'll see a list of visited websites. Use the search bar in the top-right to find specific websites, or scroll up and down.
- To delete a cookie, select the website and click Remove . ^{[7]
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- When you're finished, click Done .

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Using Microsoft Edge

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Open Microsoft Edge and click ••• . This will be in the top-right corner.
- A pop-up menu will open.
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Click Settings . You can find this towards the bottom of the menu. ^{[8]
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- A new window will open.
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Click Manage cookies . You can find this at the very top of the page. You'll be redirected to a new page. ^{[10]
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View your cookies. You'll see a list of visited websites.
- Click Sort by and select: Name, Most cookies, Most data, or Last modified. You can also click Filter by and select: All, First party, or Third party.
- To delete individual cookies, select the website, then click the trashcan icon. You can also click Remove all or Remove third-party cookies at the top-right.

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Using Mozilla Firefox

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This icon is in the top-right corner of the browser window.
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Click Settings . You can find this at the bottom, above More tools .
- A new window will open.
This will be on the left panel, underneath Search .
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Click Manage Data… . This is underneath the Cookies and Site Data header. You may need to scroll down.
- A pop-up window will open.
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View your cookies. Click each title to sort by: Site, Cookies, Storage, and Last used.
- Type into the search bar to find specific websites.
- To remove a cookie, select the website and click Remove Selected . ^{[11]
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- When you're finished, click Save Changes in the bottom-right corner.

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Viewing In-Depth Cookies

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Navigate to a website you want to view the cookies for. If you need to view in-depth information about the cookies that are saved for a particular site, follow these steps. These steps work for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
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Right-click or control-click on the web page and choose Inspect Element . The option may also say Inspect depending on the browser you're using. This will pull up a pane on the side or bottom of your browser window.
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Navigate to the Storage tab. In Chrome, you'll want to click Application instead.
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Look at the cookies in the sidebar. Under the "Cookies" header in the sidebar, you'll see all of the cookies the current web page has saved. You may need to expand the Cookies tab to see all of the cookies.

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Only keep cookies of your favorite sites with which you have an account so you won't have to enter your account name and password to log in every time you visit. Other cookies are not necessary and some of them are used to track you across the web, which is an invasion of your privacy.

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Bing is not a web browser, like Internet Explorer or Firefox. It is a search engine, like Yahoo and Google. Bing cannot store cookies.

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