removing cookies

catford

What would be the effect of removing all the cookies that have built up on my computer--Would it cause problems.>> :eek:

sra

catford wrote:

What would be the effect of removing all the cookies that have built up on my computer--Would it cause problems.>> :eek:

You'd just have to re-login to to all the sites that recognise you automatically.

I remove all my cookies a few times a week.

shopbot

It is a good idea to clear them out every so often. The effect that you would see when browsing is that on some websites you will have to re-enter your log on details. For example on MSE when I clear my cookies on the next visit I have to put in my user name and password as the site does not remember me.

Mr_Skint_2

http://www.ccleaner.com/ I use this after every browsing session,
mind you your PC might get hungry if you remove all cookies :rotfl:

sra

My cookies are cleaned by ccleaner along with all the other files it removes. It has a white-list of cookies you want to keep. I've put MSE on it along with yahoo mail and a few others so those cookies are kept

sra

Mr_Skint wrote:

http://www.ccleaner.com/ I use this after every browsing session,
mind you your PC might get hungry if you remove all cookies :rotfl:

Oh your just too fast

Poppycat

As suggested CCleaner is a fantastic free product

windym_2

Mr_Skint wrote:

http://www.ccleaner.com/ I use this after every browsing session,
mind you your PC might get hungry if you remove all cookies :rotfl:

He's not too fast - he's on too long

balt

I use win patrol you can select the cookies to keep and delete all others it is also a very good security program and is free for basic version.

Poppycat

You can also select cookies to keep with ccleaner as well as a simply registry cleaner. I find the cleaning certain folders also useful.