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Enable Cookies in Chrome · Click the "Customize and Control" button · Select the "Settings" menu item · Search for the Cookies settings · Scroll ... WhatIsMyBrowser.com Mybrowser Guides ClearCache Detectmysettings Tools Homepage Guides HowtoenableCookies Chrome EnableCookiesinChrome Updatedat:Feb19,2022 ThisguidewillstepyouthroughtheprocessofenablingCookiesinGoogleChrome. Ifyoudon'thaveChromeandwouldliketotryitout,youcandownloaditfromtheChromeWebsite. Clickthe"CustomizeandControl"button Inthetop-rightcorneroftheChromewindowyou'llseetheCustomisemenuicon-itlookslikethreelittleblackdotsontopofeachother-clickit. Thiswillrevealamenuwithlotsofoptions.Oneofthemwillbenamed"Settings". Selectthe"Settings"menuitem TheSettingsscreenwillnowappear. SearchfortheCookiessettings ThemaininterfaceforChrome'ssettingswillappear,withasearchboxattheverytop.(Ifyouonlyseethemagnifyingglassicon,eitherclickitordragyourbrowserwindowabitwidertomakethesearchboxappear). Chromehashundredsofdifferentconfigurationoptions,sotoquicklygototheCookiessettings,typetheword"cookies"intothesearchboxandChromewillfilteroutoptionswhichdon'tmatch. Scrolldownto"Cookiesandothersitedata"andclickit Afteryou'vetyped"cookies"inthesearch,therewillstillbeanumberofdifferentoptionslisted,soyouneedtoscrolldowntothebottomofthesettingsscreenwhereyouwillseeasectionnamedCookiesandothersitedata.ClickonittoopenthesettingsrelatingCookiesandothercollecteddata. ChooseyourpreferredCookiessettings YoucannowchangeyourCookiessettingtowhatyouwant. Therearefourmainoptions(highlightedinthescreenshotbelowbytheblueoval)tochoosefrom. Allowallcookies? Typically(especiallyifyouarealreadyfollowingthisguide!)youwanttoenablecookiesinChromebyselectingthefirstoption-"Allowallcookies".Thiswillallowwebsitestostorecookiesonyourcomputerforaslongasthewebsiteswantto. Thisoptionwillallow"first-partycookies"(whicharecookiesfromthewebsiteyouareactuallyvisiting)aswellas"third-partycookies"(whicharecookiessetbyawebsitethat'sdifferenttotheoneyou'reactuallyvisiting-perhapsfromanadvertisementorasocialmedia"Like"or"Share"button). Blockthird-partycookiesinIncognito IfyouselectthisoptionChromewillallowFirst-PartyandThird-Partycookiesnormally,andifyouarebrowsinginIncognitoMode,onlythenwillitrefuseThird-Partycookies(whicharethekindthattendtotrackyourbehaviouronline). Blockthird-partycookies Thisoptionisthesweet-spotbetweenallowingenoughCookiefunctionalityformostsitestoworkproperly,butrefusingthekindsoftrackingcookies(Third-Partycookies)thatmostpeoplehaveproblemswith. Blockallcookies? Thefourthoptionyouhaveistoblockallcookies.Becarefulwiththisasitwillmeanthatalotofwebsitesyouvisitwon'twork-youwon'tbeabletologinandinsomecasesyoumightnotbeabletousethewebsiteatall. Clearcookieswhenyouexit? Notetheoptionatthebottomofthissection:Clearcookiesandsitedatawhenyoucloseallwindows.Ifyouenablethisoption,thenChromewilldeleteallthecookiesandsitedataeachtimeyouexitChrome. Thiswillallownormalcookiefunctionality(eg.loggingintowebsiteswithausernameandpassword),howevereverytimeyoucloseandreopenyourwebbrowser,youwouldneedtologintothewebsiteagain.Thissettingcanalsohelp(butnotnecessarilyeliminate)advertisingcompaniestrackingyourbehaviouracrossvariousbrowsingsessions. Ifyouenablethisoption,itmaymakeusingtheinternetabitmoreannoying;asyouwillhavetore-logineverytimeyouopenChromeagain. AlloworBlockcookiesonspecificwebsites Thecookiesettingsthatyou'vejustchangedareglobal-theyareusedforeachwebsiteyouvisitinChrome;Forexample,ifyouhavetheBlocksettingenabledthencookieswillbeblockedforeverywebsiteyouvisit. Butthismaynotbeexactlywhatyouwant;soChromealsoletsyouchoosedifferentCookiesettingsforspecificwebsites,soifyouwanttogenerallyblockCookiesasyoubrowsetheweb,butdowanttoallowthemonlyforahandfulofspecificwebsitesthenit'seasytodo. Tochangethesesettings,scrollabitfurtherdowntotheCustomizedbehaviourssection,whichyouwillseecontainsthreemainsections: Sitesthatcanalwaysusecookies Alwaysclearcookieswhenwindowsareclosed Sitesthatcanneverusecookies ClicktheAddbuttoninthesectionyouwanttoconfigure. AfteryouclicktheAddbuttonforthetypeofexceptionyouwanttocreate,you'llbepromptedwithawindowaskingyouforthewebsitedomaintoallow/clear/block. IfyouenteradomainandclickAdd,Chromewilloverridethegeneralcookiessettingyou'vechosenforjustthatwebsite.Soifyouhavecookiesblockednormally,addingadomaininthe"Sitesthatcanalwaysusecookies"sectionwillcausethatdomaintobeallowedtosetcookies. Ifyouwanttospecifyanentirewebsite,besuretoincludethe"wildcard"bitatthestart-forexample[*.]example.com Allow/blockonlycertainsubdomains Youcanbequitespecificwiththesubdomainsonwebsitesthatyouallowtosetcookies-youdon'tevenhavetoallowthewholedomaintosetcookies,youcansetittojustaspecificsubdomainifyouwant(ofcoursewhetherthishasanyeffectornotdependsonhowthewebsiteyou'retryingtoallow/blockworks). Closethesettingstab Thesettingsyouchangetakeeffectimmediately,andwhenyou'refinishedchangingtheoptionsyoucansimplyclosetheSettingstabthatcontainedtheseoptionsandresumebrowsing. Congratulations,youjustconfiguredCookiesinChrome.ClickheretocheckifCookiesareenabled. YoumayalsowanttotakeamomenttoclearyourcookiesandhistoryinChrome. MoreguidesandhelpforChrome NeedmorehelpwithChrome?ReadourotherChromeguides. Clearcache&history DoIneedtoclearmycache? Notsurewhyyou'vebeenaskedtoclearyourcache?Wecanexplain. Whyyouneedtoclearyourcache Whatisacache? Beforeyouconsiderclearingyourbrowsercache,youshouldknowwhatitis! Learnalittlebitaboutbrowsercaches Isitsafetoclearmycache? Arethereanyriskstoclearingyourcache? Findoutifit'soktoclearyourcache Readmoreaboutclearingcache... Updatemywebbrowser DoIneedtoupdatemybrowser? Findoutifyourbrowserisoutofdate Ismybrowseroutofdate? WhyshouldIupdatemybrowser? Thereareverygoodreasonsto,findouthere! Whyupdateyourbrowser? IsitfreetoupdateChrome? FindoutaboutthecostofupdatingChrome... DoesChromecostanything? Whatdoes"Updatebrowser"mean? Whatdoesitactuallymean? Whatdoesitmeantoupdateyourbrowser Readmoreaboutupdatingyourbrowser... Gethelpwithourguides HowtoenableJavaScript ChangeyourJavaScriptsettings GuidetoenablingJavascript HowtoenableCookies Configureyourcookiesettingsforprivacy Guidetoenablingcookies Relatedarticles Ican'tlogintoawebsite. We'vegotadetailedguidetohelpyousolveloginproblems Howtofixwebsiteloginproblems Whydowebsitesusecookies? Whyarecookiesuseful?Doyouneedthem? 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