Delete Cookies on a Mac
Nov 10, 2009 - 14 Comments
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!
great I can finally send this to my dad who is always trying to hide ‘certain’ web sites from my stepmom
Would love to learn an easy way to delete “flash cookies” – any advice?
for Flash Cookies you could download and use Flush or if you use FireFox only you could download and use BetterPrivacy.
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
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.
oops that last post is about flash cookies, that’s from the flush website
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/
Hello, this is 2011! There is no “Show Cookies” button in Preferences/Security.
I have the same problem.
same here, no button to show cookies!?
Its not security, its privacy tab.
thanks ruby, but says i have 1968 stored websites and cookies, would I remove all?
when i went under safari and then preference then clicked on the lock symbol the show cookies button did not pop up. what next
What about “HIDDEN FILES”? I just found cookies from iqt.org on a PC, and it won’t be deleted. This is the spy group from the CIA… how to remove??????