Enabling or disabling cookies in Firefox

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created by ares, 09. 03. 2012

Cookies are stored on your computer by websites you visit and contain information such as site preferences or login status.

Note: Cookies are enabled by default in Firefox.

Inputs / Conditions / Prerequisites

Steps

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At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click Options
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Select the Privacy panel.
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Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.
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Check mark Accept cookies from sites to enable Cookies, and uncheck it to disable them.
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If you are troubleshooting problems with cookies, make sure Accept third party cookies is also check marked.
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Choose how long cookies are allowed to be stored:
- Keep until: they expire: Each cookie will be removed when it reaches its expiration date, which is set by the site that sent the cookie.
- Keep until: I close Firefox: The cookies that are stored on your computer will be removed when Firefox is closed.
- Keep until: ask me every time: Displays an alert every time a website tries to send a cookie, and asks you whether or not you want to store it.
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Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window

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