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Submitted URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Effective URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Submission: On October 03 via api from IE — Scanned from DE
Effective URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Submission: On October 03 via api from IE — Scanned from DE
Form analysis 3 forms found in the DOM
Name: searchForm — GET /en-gb/Search/results
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<span role="presentation" style="overflow-x: visible;">Search</span>
<span role="tooltip" class="c-uhf-tooltip c-uhf-search-tooltip" style="overflow-x: visible;">Search for help</span>
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<form class="searchBoxForm" method="GET" action="/en-GB/search/results" autocomplete="off"><input class="searchBoxInput" name="query" type="search" maxlength="100" placeholder="How can we help you?" aria-label="How can we help you?" value=""><input
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<h2 class="boldFont">Was this information helpful?</h2>
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<span class="boldFont" aria-hidden="true">Thank you! Any more feedback?</span> (The more you tell us the more we can help.) </label>
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<span class="boldFont" aria-hidden="true">Can you help us improve?</span> (The more you tell us the more we can help.) </label>
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<fieldset id="extendedFeedbackArticleExperience" class="feedbackGroup">
<legend class="extendedFeedbackQuestionLabels">What affected your experience?</legend>
<div class="ocFeedbackHeaderIfArticleHelpful ocHidden">
<div id="articleExperience_helpful_0">
<div class="experienceOption">
<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
<input class="articleExperienceOptionsCheckbox" type="checkbox" tabindex="-1" id="helpful_0" name="helpful_0" value="Resolved my issue" data-bi-dnt="">
<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="Resolved my issue"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Resolved my issue</span>
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</div>
<div class="experienceOption">
<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
<input class="articleExperienceOptionsCheckbox" type="checkbox" tabindex="-1" id="helpful_1" name="helpful_1" value="Clear instructions" data-bi-dnt="">
<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="Clear instructions"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Clear instructions</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="Easy to follow"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Easy to follow</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="No jargon"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">No jargon</span>
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<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Pictures helped</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="Other"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Other</span>
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<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Didn't match my screen</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Incorrect instructions</span>
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<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Too technical</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Not enough pictures</span>
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<label class="articleExperienceOptionsLabels">
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<span class="checkboxTick" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-label="Other"></span>
<span class="experienceOptionLabels">Other</span>
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