Cookies allow websites to remember settings and other information about the user. It is with their help that the next time you visit a website, relevant content will be displayed to you. Enabling cookies in your browser is required by a large number of popular web applications, e.g. search engines.
Cookie division
Cookies are divided into their own and external. First-party cookies are created by the domain of the website, which is listed in the address bar. On the other hand, external cookies come from other domains which have their elements placed on a given website, e.g. advertisements or other scripts.
Some browsers allow you to control which cookies are allowed to operate.
Cookies – how to set on your computer in the Chrome browser
- Open Chrome on your computer.
- In the upper right corner click More and then Settings.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the “Privacy and security” section, click Site settings.
- Click Cookies. Here you can:
Enable cookies: Click the switch next to “Blocked.”
Disable cookies: click the Allow sites to write and read cookie data switch.
Cookies on an Android device
Open the Chrome app on your Android phone or tablet.
In the upper right corner click More and then Settings.
Click Site settings and then Cookies.
Turn cookies on or off.
Cookies on the iPhone and iPad are automatically saved in Chrome.
Removing cookies for specific sites
Even if you allow cookies by default, you can block them for a particular site.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- In the upper right corner click More and then Settings.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the “Privacy and security” section, click Website settings and then Cookies.
- Next to “Block” “Clear on closing” or “Allow” select Add.
- Enter a web address.
- To specify an exception for the entire domain, enter [*.] Before the domain name. For example, [*.] Google.com includes both drive.google.com and calendar.google.com. You can also enter an IP address or Internet address that does not start with http: //.
- Click Add.
- To remove an exception you no longer need, to the right of the website address, click More and then Delete.
How to block cookies?
In the browser settings, we can block the saving of cookies and delete those already saved. The first option will make it difficult to use websites, such as online stores – for example, we will lose the option of “putting away” products to the shopping cart.
Therefore, use this option with caution and only in special situations that require it. It is worth periodically cleaning the cookies – it can help us solve problems with the website malfunctioning – e.g. login problems.
Click the Chrome menu icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
Select the menu option “Tools” -> “Clear browsing data …”. In the window that appears, check the boxes next to the types of information you want to delete. In the upper part of the displayed window, enter the range of data to be deleted. To delete everything, select the option “from the very beginning”. Click “Clear browsing data” to perform the operation.
