How To Clear Selected Cookies In Chrome

Looking for a fresh start with the web or to troubleshoot a site? Find out here how to clear cookies in Google Chrome — certain cookies for specific sites or all cookies across the board.

First, Do Not Eat Caviar

Do not eat caviar with a silver spoon. That would be a mistake.

For the silver would react with the eggs and ruin their taste. So the story goes, and so the wooden spoons are brought out.

Now, cookies are usually best served fresh (or kept for weeks in metallic boxes, but that is another story). In Google Chrome, you can clear the plate and start your web experience untarnished by old cookies' taste:

How to Clear Cookies in Google Chrome on a Desktop

Time needed:2 minutes.

To delete all browser cookies in Google Chrome:

Click the Google Chrome menu icon (⡆) in a browser window's toolbar.
Select More Tools | Clear Browsing Data… from the menu that has appeared.
Chrome keyboard shortcut: To go directly to the Clear browsing data dialog, press Ctrl Shift Del (Windows, Linux) or Command Shift Backspace (Mac).
Tip: You can also open chrome://settings/clearBrowserData in Google Chrome to jump directly to the setting.
Make sureAll time is selected underTime range.
Note: To clear only cookies, make sure you are on the Basic tab andBrowsing history as well asCached images and files are not checked.
Click Clear data.
Clear cookies automatically: You can also set up Chrome to delete all cookies and site data every time you quit it.

How to Clear Cookies Set by a Site

To clear cookies from a specific site in Google Chrome:

Use the Google Chrome menu icon (⡆).
SelectSettings from the menu that has shown.
ClickAdvanced.
Now selectSite settings (underPrivacy and security).
ClickCookies and site data.
Now chooseSee all cookies and site data.
Type the site whose cookies you want to clear overSearch cookies.
Click the trash icon (Remove <sitename>, 🗑) for the desired site.

To delete all cookies set by visiting a page in Google Chrome:

Visit the site whose cookies you want to inspect and clear.
Click theView site information icon in Google Chrome.
Tip: The icon will always appear in front of the site's address in the toolbar. It can sport the site's name,Secure ori, for example, depending on the site's security features.
ClickCookies on the sheet that appears.
On theAllowed tab, highlight all domains whose cookies (set by visiting the current site) you want to delete.
ClickRemove.
Now clickDone.

How to Clear Cookies in Chrome for Android and iOS

To clear cookies saved in Google Chrome for iOS and on Android devices:

Tap the Chrome menu button (⡆).
SelectSettings from the menu that has appeared.
TapPrivacy and security (underAdvanced).
Now tapClear browsing data.
Do check Cookies and site data underClear browsing data.
Note: To clear only cookies, uncheck all other choices; in particular, you will usually want to retainSaved Passwords and yourBrowsing history.
TapClear data.
Now selectClear browsing data again.

How to Clear Cookies in Google Chrome: FAQ

Is It Necessary to Clear Cookies Periodically in Google Chrome?

No.

Clearing cookies is a swift troubleshooting step to try when a website does not want to work as expected (or has undergone an update). It is by no means necessary for the continued working or Google Chrome.

If you desire, you can have Google Chrome delete all cookies automatically every time you close it, however, and start fresh each time you launch Chrome:

Open in Google Chrome.
Make sure Keep local data only until you quit your browser is enabled.
Note: You will have to log in to all sites you frequent anew every time you start Google Chrome.

Will I Lose Website Data by Clearing Cookies in Google Chrome?

For the most part, no.

You will have to log back in to most sites after clearing cookies, and some customizations may be lost.

(How to clear cookies in Google Chrome tested with Chrome 95; updated November 2021)

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