You can choose to delete existing cookies, allow or block third-party cookies, and set preferences for certain websites.
Understand cookies
Cookies are files created by websites you visit. By saving information about your visit, they make your online experience easier. For example, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences, and give you locally relevant content.
There are 2 types of cookies:
- First-party cookies:Created by the site you visit. The site is shown in the address bar.
- Third-party cookies:Created by other sites. A site you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, and text. Any of these sites can use third-party cookies to personalize content and ads, and learn about actions you take on other sites.
Tip:Some sites may prompt you to accept or reject cookies.
There are other ways that sites can personalize content and ads. Features like ad topics and site-suggested ads in Chrome allow sites to show you personalized content. These features limit what sites and their partners can learn about you. Learn more about managing these features .
Delete all cookies
Important:If you delete cookies, you may get signed out of sites that remember you. Your saved preferences can also be deleted. This applies whenever a cookie is deleted.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select MoreDelete browsing data
.
- Select Basicor Advanced Cookies and other site data.
- Next to "Time range," from the dropdown menu, choose the browsing data time range you want to delete:
- Last hour
- Last 24 hours
- Last 7 days
- Last 4 weeks
- All time
- Check other items you want to delete.
- To confirm, select Delete data.
Delete specific cookies
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
Settings.
- Select Privacy and security Third-party cookies.
- Select See all site data and permissions.
- At the top right, search for the website's name.
- To the right of the site, select Delete.
- To confirm, select Delete.
Change your third-party cookie settings
You can allow or block third-party cookies for any site.
Allow or block third-party cookiesImportant:
- If you don't allow sites to save cookies, sites may not work as expected. To manage first-party cookies, learn more about on-device site data in Chrome .
- By default, third-party cookies are blocked in Incognito mode. Learn how Chrome Incognito keeps your browsing private .
You can allow or block third-party cookies by default.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select MoreSettings.
- Select Privacy and security Third-party cookies.
- Tip:If you're part of the test group that limits third-party cookies by default, learn how to manage third-party cookie settings for test group users .
- Select an option:
- Allow third-party cookies.
- Block third-party cookies.
- If you block third-party cookies, all third-party cookies from other sites are blocked unless the site is allowed on your exceptions list.
Important:
- If you’re using your Chromebook at work or school, you might not be able to change this setting. For more help, contact your administrator.
- In Incognito mode, third-party cookies are blocked by default.
If third-party cookies are blocked, some sites that rely on them may not work as expected. To allow third-party cookies for specific sites, you can add them to your exceptions list. Sites on this list can use third-party cookies in both regular and Incognito browsing modes.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
- Select Privacy and security Third-party cookies.
- Under "Sites allowed to use third-party cookies," select Add.
- Enter the web address.
- To create an exception for an entire domain, insert
[*.]before the domain name. For example,[*.]google.comwill matchdrive.google.comandcalendar.google.com. - You can also put an IP address or a web address that doesn't start with
http://.
- To create an exception for an entire domain, insert
- Select Add.
To remove an exception you don't want any more, to the right of the website, select Remove.
- If you apply this setting in regular browsing mode, the site is added to your exceptions list. The site is allowed to use third-party cookies for 90 days or until you turn the setting off.
- If you apply this setting in Incognito mode, the setting lasts only for the duration of your Incognito session.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- In the address bar, at the top left:
- To allow third-party cookies:Select Third-party cookies blocked or Third-party cookies limitedand turn on Third-party cookies.
- To block or limit third-party cookies:Select Third-party cookies allowedand turn off Third-party cookies.
- To close the dialog box and reload the page, select Close. You can also select anywhere outside of the dialog box to close it.
- Once the page reloads, the address bar shows “Third-party cookies allowed,” “Third-party cookies blocked,” or “Third-party cookies limited” depending on your settings.
Tip:This option is temporary and only applies to the site you’re on.
acme-music.example
and acme-video.example
.To allow related sites to find your activity within the group:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
- Select Privacy and security
- Tip:If you're part of the test group that limits third-party cookies by default, learn how to manage third-party cookie settings for test group users .
- Select Block third-party cookies.
- Turn Allow related sites to see your activity in the groupon or off.
To show related sites in the same group:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
- Select Privacy and security
- Choose a site.
- To show sites in the same group, select the drop down arrow.
Tip:To find related sites, in the address bar, select View site information
Sites you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, text, and even features — like a text editor or weather widget. These other sites can ask for permission to use info they’ve saved about you (often saved using cookies) in order for their content to function properly.
For example, imagine you normally compose documents on docs.google.com
. While completing a task for school, you need to collaborate with other students on your school’s class portal that offers direct access to Google Docs. With your permission:
- Google Docs can access its third-party cookies while you use your school’s site, allowing a connection between the site and Google Docs.
- This may allow Google Docs to verify who you are, find your info, and save changes you make to your documents on the site.
In some cases, this info can be used to track your activity as you browse sites. You can decide when to allow embedded content to access your data for sites you trust.
Tip:The connection uses cookies and lasts for 30 days or as long as you remain active. You can stop allowing the connection anytime in Settings .
To allow or decline permission
When you browse a site that displays a prompt requesting permission for the embedded content to use information they’ve saved about you:
- Select Allowto give the site access to information they’ve saved about you (using cookies)
- Select Don’t allowto deny access
Tips:
- To stop allowing access, learn how to manage site settings permissions.
- You can also manage access by clicking View site informationto the left of the address bar, and then turning Embedded contenton or off.
