How do you prefer to clear your cookies?

@maezee (41997)
United States
February 25, 2009 12:03am CST
I personally like to eat half of them and save the rest of later. ;) (JUST KIDDING!) Do you use a program like Ccleaner, or do you clear your cache "manually" (by going to "internet options" and clearing them that way?) I personally use Ccleaner & find that it's pretty effective, although sometimes it can be pretty slow. :P Which do you find easier and more effective?
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18 responses
@fren45 (894)
• Malaysia
26 Feb 09
I use the browser ..from the menu manually delete the cookies..
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
What browser do you use? Thanks for responding!
@fren45 (894)
• Malaysia
27 Feb 09
good mate..happy mylotting.
@heehaw78 (566)
• Malaysia
26 Feb 09
me too fren45.
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• India
25 Feb 09
I have CcLeaner software.. but ccleaner does not clear my offline website data.. so in my mozilla browser, i go to Tools -- clear private data -- and i tick cookies and offline website data. Then i'll give Clear private data now This is the way, i remove cookies... Have a nice time!!!
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@eoeoeo (125)
• United States
26 Feb 09
CCleaner. :D the way to go~ It is kinda shocking all those files are just sitting there on my computer and I never knew. o_O
• India
26 Feb 09
When i run Ccleaner software on my friends system who uses internet, we were shocked to see that he has 4.7 of unwanted files.. Ccleaner is always simple and great software of all time..
@maezee (41997)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Thanks for that! I actually didn't know how to clear cookies on Firefox, but thanks for the update! It seems easy enough.
• Singapore
4 Mar 09
Hi maezee, You got it! I use ccleaner. But I normally clear the cookies from the browser using the browser's own clearing anyway. After that, I will use ccleaner before I shut down the computer.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Nice! Thanks for responding.
@skyblue (1299)
• India
4 Mar 09
Hi..maezee I am aslo using ccleaner to clean cookies, junk files,log files.Its really a good programme.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
It's nice, right? I really like it, except sometimes it takes forever to clear everything. Thanks for responding!
• India
26 Feb 09
naw. i let them be. cuz they r not beign a problem n they take no space happy lottin and have a nice day
@heehaw78 (566)
• Malaysia
26 Feb 09
Well if you keep it for a year , try go back delete those cookies , you will smiling after you sees your hard disk gain more free space.
• Indonesia
4 Mar 09
Im using opera and I think it is more effective if you just clean it manually so you can choose what to delete and what should not be deleted.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
5 Mar 09
Very good. Thanks!
@jason1308 (1586)
• France
26 Feb 09
I use either CCleaner or FCleaner, and have found either one excellent, clearing out all the junk that gets stored on the computer, slowing it down and taking up unnecessary space.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Thanks! I've never heard of FCleaner, that must just be a variation of Ccleaner, right? Thanks for responding!
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
25 Feb 09
I too use ccleaner.Its a very good software to clear cookies.I just tried it last month on my computer and it freed around four GB space for me.Previously i used to use cleanup.I got if from a compnay where i was working.But i think ccleaner is the best.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I love Ccleaner, it's nice, right? And it's so crazy to think of all that space those pesky temporary files are taking up. Thanks for your response!
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
I am using CCleaner too! I think it's the most reliable free software available right now. I think it's pretty safe too! I have tried other softwares but i don't trust them much. I'm also using Tweaknow. It's pretty much reliable too! Too bad they don't update anymore. I also clear my cookies straight from the oven.. er, i mean browser.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
LOL. Thanks for responding! I'll have to check out that other one you mentioned.
26 Feb 09
I rarely bother. My cookies are set to prompt, so I only have the ones that are useful to me (logins and such). All the others are automatically blocked. A regular run-through with spyware software makes sure I haven't picked up anything nasty, too.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
I guess you probably know your computers pretty well. Good to know you're not getting any viruses. Thanks for responding.
@arvaster (521)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I almost never clear my cookies. I think it's unecessary. Since for me I have nothing to worry about when it comes to harmful cookies. Although every once in a while I clear all data from browsers (but every thing gets so slow then! D:)
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Really? I experience the opposite - my computer usually runs slower when there's all those temporary files & cookies stored (it takes up memory, I'm pretty sure) and so it's necessary to clear them every once in a while (usually once a day or so), just to keep my computer running normally. It's also helpful when you share a computer with someone else - especially when you both have an account on the same website. For example, when me and my sister lived together, we both had Yahoo! email addresses, so it was nice to clear my cookies so SHE wouldn't accidentally log into my email and vice versa. It's great if you forget to use your "logout" option on most sites. Anyway, thanks for answering!
@heehaw78 (566)
• Malaysia
25 Feb 09
I thought you were discussing about food - cookies, but after i read further it is about your browser cookies. you really made my stomach hungry. Well i do not have to use other software, for my browser - Firefox has the option to auto delete your private cookie upon closing the Firefox web browser. If you have Firefox browser, then you may go to - tools option Privacy under "private data" Tick the box which says "always clear my data when i closed Firefox" then you may select "settings" under "private data" you may choose browsing history, download history, saved form and search history, cache, cookies, offline website data, saved passwords, authenticated sessions I hope my explanation helps all of you.
@knaphih (57)
• Australia
26 Feb 09
I never delete my cookies. If i had to hide anythin then i'l be using the incognito feature of Chrome which i find very effective. of coz. traces will remain, but i don do anythin dat illegal on this computer lol
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
People don't erase their cookies to "hide" anything; they erase them because cookies are essentially temporary files that are being stored on your computer (ANY time you log in at ANY site), and pretty much just SLOW down your computer (depending on how much free memory you have available, I suppose). It's not about hiding anything. Clearing cookies is also a good way to make sure your offers on GPT sites get credited (if you make money via those sites). Thanks for your answer! And just so you know..I'm not doing anything illegal online either.
@rajani09 (11)
• India
26 Feb 09
i didn't use any cleaner.my internet speed is reasonably okay for me.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
4 Mar 09
So why not try it, though, then? Maybe your computer will run ten times faster without all of those temporary files lagging you down.
@hotviper (128)
• Philippines
25 Feb 09
i do it manually sometimes but i regularly use ccleaner not just to clean cookies but all trash, try also auslogic boostspeed, ive also been using this, to defragment, clean registry etc.
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@delkar (1712)
• Romania
5 Mar 09
well, usually i do that manually. But, sometimes, my free avg antivirus and antispiware it`s telling me that i didn`t delete them, and and me if he should do that, and i`m just tellig him ! SURE.., but usually i just go to internet options and clean thouse for myself. I even clean the history too and all that i should clean.
@moneymommy (3418)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I prefer to clean my cookies manually. I dont bother with any cleaning program.
@tea512 (687)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I prefer to do it manaully. if fact I do not like that in IE7 it lumped all these tasks together. I just do not trust windows. ilike to drill down into the profile and get ride of evrything, recent documents, apps, temp folder, if it can be traced back I like to delete.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Thanks for your response!