Cookies help improve your browsing experience by storing information regarding your preferences. These are small files which websites put on your computer when you visit them. Cookies allow sites to remember your preferences when you revisit them. Websites that require a sign-up can use cookies to allow you to skip this essential step every time you pay a visit. Useful as cookies are, they are not popular with everyone. Your privacy can be at risk as cookies can help a person with malicious intentions to track the websites you visit.

But the good news is that you can easily get rid of cookies if you want to. If you like using Internet Explorer, follow these short steps to you remove cookies.

To Remove Cookies

• In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button
• Next, go to Safety and click Delete browsing history
• Now, select the check box that’s next to Cookies and website data. Then, click Data

Block or Allow Cookies

You can easily block cookies if you don’t websites to store cookies on the device. However, keep in mind that some web pages may not appear correctly if you do so. You may also see a message from a website telling you that you must allow cookies if you want to view it.

• In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button
• Now click Internet options
• Click on Privacy Go to Settings and then choose Advanced. You can now pick the preference that will work best for you. You can choose to accept cookies or block them. Alternately, you can ask to be prompted for third-party and first-party cookies.