To clear browser history and remove cookies in multiple browsers, the process varies slightly.
Microsoft Edge
1. Select the menu icon
1.1 Then click History
2. Click the History’s menu and select Clear browsing data
2.1. In the dialog that appears, select the checkboxes for the information that you want to remove ("Cookies and other site data", "Cached images and files", etc.)
2.2. Use the menu at the top to select the time range that you want to delete. Select beginning of time to delete all.
3. Click Clear now.
4. Exit Microsoft Edge and then re-launch the browser.
Chrome
1. In the top-right corner of the browser, click the menu option
2. Select More tools > Clear browsing data...
2.1. In the dialog that appears, select the checkboxes for the information that you want to remove.
2.2. Use the menu at the top to select the time range that you want to delete. Select beginning of time to delete all.
3. Clear data.
4. Exit Chrome and then re-launch the browser.
Firefox
1. From the History menu, select “Clear Recent History”.
If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
2. From the “Time range to clear” drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select all.
3. Choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.
4. Click Accept, or Clear Now.
5. Exit Firefox and then re-launch the browser.
Safari on your iPhone or iPad
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To clear your history and cookies:
1. Go to Settings > Safari
2. Tap Clear History and Website Data
NOTE: Clearing your history, cookies, and browsing data from Safari won't change your AutoFill information.
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To clear your cookies and keep your history:
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Go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data
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Tap Remove All Website Data.
Safari on Mac
You can see all the websites that have stored cookies and website data on your Mac, and you can remove some or all of it.
1. Choose Safari > Settings
2. Click Privacy
3. Click Manage Website Data
4. Select one or more websites, then click Remove or Remove All.
NOTE: Removing the data may reduce tracking, but may also log you out of websites or change website behavior.
Brave
1. Click on the Menu icon found on the top right, and go to Settings
2. Go to Additional Settings > Privacy and Security > Clear browsing data
NOTE: A quicker way to get to this page would be to enter brave://settings/clearBrowserData into your address bar
3. Deselect Browsing history and Cached files (if you only want to clear cookies)
NOTE: See Advanced for a breakdown of the data you can clear
4. Click Clear data
5. Exit Brave and then re-launch the browser.
- To clear the cookies for the current site you're visiting:
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Click on the lock icon to the left of the address bar
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Select Cookies
NOTE: here you can also see blocked cookies and allow them -
Select the listed cookies and click Remove
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Click Done
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Exit Brave and then re-launch the browser.
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