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Delete Cookies on a Mac

November 10th, 2009 - Firefox, How to, Mac OS X, OS X Apps, Tips & Tricks

The web browsers most commonly used in Mac OS X are Safari and Firefox, here’s how to delete cookies in both.

Delete Cookies in Safari on Mac

* Open the ‘Safari’ menu in the upper left
* Click on ‘Preferences’
* Click the ‘Security’ tab with the lock icon
* Click ‘Show Cookies’ button
* Now click “Remove All” and ‘Done’
* Your cookies have been deleted in Safari!

Delete Cookies in Firefox on Mac

* Click on the ‘Firefox’ menu
* Navigate down to ‘Preferences’ and click
* Click on ‘Privacy’
* Click ‘Show Cookies’ or ‘Remove Individual Cookies’ button, depending on Firefox version
* Click ‘Remove All Cookies’
* Now your cookies are deleted in Firefox!

Posted by: Manish Patel

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Comments: 7

Comment from CookieMonster
Time: November 10, 2009, 12:00 pm

great I can finally send this to my dad who is always trying to hide ‘certain’ web sites from my stepmom

Comment from anon
Time: November 10, 2009, 12:22 pm

Would love to learn an easy way to delete “flash cookies” – any advice?

Comment from Luke
Time: November 10, 2009, 1:47 pm

for Flash Cookies you could download and use Flush or if you use FireFox only you could download and use BetterPrivacy.

Comment from macwind
Time: November 10, 2009, 2:01 pm

Flash cookies for websites are in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer.

Flash cookies for AIR Applications, ~/Library/Preferences/[id] and ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer/macromedia.com/Support/flashplayer/sys

Comment from macwind
Time: November 10, 2009, 2:02 pm

In Mac OS X they are stored in the following location:
/User’s Home Folder/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects

The settings for the Flash cookies are stored in:
/User’s Home Folder/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys

In OS X Local Shared Objects, or Flash Cookies, are appended with a .sol suffix. Flush deletes the Flash cookies (.sol) and their settings.

Comment from macwind
Time: November 10, 2009, 2:04 pm

oops that last post is about flash cookies, that’s from the flush website

Comment from Gort’s Rage
Time: November 12, 2009, 9:59 pm

I use Safari Cookies from Sweet Productions. It’s the best cookie manager I have ever used for Safari. Plus, it’s free! Check it out here:

http://sweetpproductions.com/safaricookies/

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November 10th, 2009