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CLEAR COOKIES AND SITE DATA IN FIREFOX

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Cookies are stored on your computer by websites you visit and contain
information such as site preferences or login status. This article describes how
to delete Firefox cookies, other site data and cached web content.

 * If you just want to clear the Firefox cache, see How to clear the Firefox
   cache.
 * To clear your browsing history, cookies and temporarily cached files at once,
   see Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox.
 * To prevent websites from storing cookies on your computer, see Block websites
   from storing cookies and site data in Firefox.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 * 1 Clear cookies for the current website
 * 2 Clear cookies for any website
 * 3 Clear all cookies, site data and cache
 * 4 Clear all cookies and keep other data


CLEAR COOKIES FOR THE CURRENT WEBSITE

To delete cookies and site data for a website you're currently visiting:

 1. Click the padlock at the left of the address bar.
 2. Click Clear Cookies and Site data.


CLEAR COOKIES FOR ANY WEBSITE

To delete cookies for any single website:

 1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select
    Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu
    button and select Settings.
 2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data
    section.
 3. Click the Manage Data… button. The Manage Cookies and Site Data dialog will
    appear.
 4. In the Search websites field, type the name of the site whose cookies you
    want to remove. Items that match your search will be displayed.
    * To remove all cookies and storage data for the website, click Remove All
      Shown.
    * To remove selected items, select an entry and click Remove Selected.
 5. Click Save Changes.
 6. In the Removing Cookies and Site Data confirmation dialog that opens, click
    OK.
 7. Close the about:preferences page.

To learn more about managing site data in Firefox, see Manage local site storage
settings and Enhanced Cookie Clearing.

Note: You can use the Storage Inspector to remove individual cookies for a
specific website, via the right-click context menu. To open the Storage
Inspector, go to the menu button , click More tools and then click Web Developer
Tools (or press Ctrl + Shift + ICmd + Opt + I on the keyboard) and select
Storage.


CLEAR ALL COOKIES, SITE DATA AND CACHE

 1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select
    Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu
    button and select Settings.
 2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data
    section.
 3. Click the Clear Data… button. The Clear Data dialog will appear.
    * Cookies and Site Data (to remove login status and site preferences) and
      Cached Web Content (to remove stored images, scripts and other cached
      content) should both be check marked.
 4. Click Clear.


CLEAR ALL COOKIES AND KEEP OTHER DATA

To delete only cookies while keeping other data, do the following:

 1. Click the menu button , click History and then click Clear Recent History….
 2. Set Time range to clear: to Everything.
 3. Select Cookies and make sure that other items you want to keep are not
    selected.
 4. Click OKClear Now to clear all cookies and close the Clear All History
    window.


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