3 Simple Ways to Allow Browser Cookies on Your iPad

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Quick ways to turn on and allow cookies on iPad mobile browsers

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: April 6, 2024 Fact Checked

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Are you being blocked from websites on your iPad? Safari, or another mobile browser, may be blocking cookies for your online protection. If you need to visit a website, you can disable this feature temporarily. This wikiHow will show you how to enable cookies on an iPad using Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.

Quick Steps

Open your iPad's Settings app.
Tap Safari .
Tap Advanced .
Tap the switch for Block All Cookies to toggle it off.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Using Safari

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Open the Settings app. This is the grey cog icon.
- Be sure to update your iPad .
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You'll need to scroll down to find this option.

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This is at the very bottom of the page.
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"Block All Cookies". You can find this underneath the Privacy header. Cookies will now be enabled when you use Safari. ^{[1]
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- If cookies are still blocked, check to make sure you don't have any content-blocking apps installed on your iPad, such as Norton or another antivirus.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Using Google Chrome

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This is the grey cog icon.
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This will be in the list of apps.
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Toggle on

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"Allow Cross-Website Tracking". You can find this towards the bottom of the page. Cookies will now be enabled when you use the Google Chrome app.
- Keep in mind that enabling this feature may affect your online privacy and selling of your personal data. If you need to visit a website temporarily, be sure to disable this feature when you're finished.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

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This is the grey cog icon.
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This will be in the list of apps.
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Toggle on

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"Allow Cross-Website Tracking". You can find this towards the bottom of the page. Cookies will now be enabled when you use the Firefox app .

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Should I ask websites not to track me when I allow cookies?

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Unless you don't want your activity on that site tracked, I would just recommend accepting their cookie policy. It helps them personalise your feed.

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My website says my iPad won’t allow third party cookies? The block cookies is off.

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Check if your iPad Browser is updated. You can reset the browser and modify the setting of your browser. Once updated, it should work.

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I’ve turned ‘block all cookies’ off but still can’t log onto a particular local sports centre website as it says I need to ‘enable cookies’. Any ideas?

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You can unblock the all cookies. Cookies play an important role in web access, particularly websites you visit often. Cookies are very small data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember full information or to record the user's browsing activity.

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