Accepting and Blocking Cookies

Accepting and Blocking Cookies

If you've chosen ask me every time from the Keep until menu, you'll see a dialog whenever a site tries to store a cookie on your computer providing the following options:

Allow

To allow this particular cookie, just click Allow. Use this if you trust the site.

Allow for Session

If you want to allow this cookie for now, but have it deleted when you exit Firefox, click Allow for Session. Use this if the site doesn't work without cookies, but you don't want to have a permanent cookie stored for it.

Deny

If you don't want this cookie to be stored, click Deny. Use this if you don't trust the site or suspect that it's compromising your privacy.

Use my choice for all cookies from this site

Select this checkbox before clicking any of the buttons if you want Firefox to remember your decision and not ask again. The site will be added to the Cookie Exceptions window, where you can revert your choice should you wish to do so later.

The Cookies Exceptions Window

Access this window by clicking the Exceptions... button in cookies options. Here you can make exceptions from your general cookies options for specific sites. Using exceptions, you can allow all cookies, reject all cookies, or allow all cookies but have them deleted when you exit Firefox, regardless of your other cookie settings.

To add a site to this list, simply type the site's domain name in the field labeled Address of web site. Then click Block to reject cookies from the site, click Allow to allow cookies from the site, or click Allow for Session to allow cookies from the site but have them deleted when you exit Firefox.

To remove a site from this list, select it and click Remove Site. To clear the list completely, click Remove All Sites. This will clear the exceptions list so your general cookies options apply.

The View Cookies Window

Use the View Cookies window to view and remove cookies. To access it, click the View Cookies button in cookies options.

This window lists all cookies currently stored on your computer, grouped by site. You can expand the sites and select a cookie to display more information about it. You can also search for a site or a cookie name by typing in the search bar.

To remove a cookie from the list, select it and click Remove Cookie. To remove a site's cookies, select the site and click Remove Cookie(s). To wipe all cookies, click Remove All Cookies.