How do I change cookie settings?

To check or change your settings:

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu and then select Options
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2. Select the Privacy panel.
   
   
   
   


3. Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


4. Check mark Accept cookies from sites to enable Cookies, and uncheck it to disable them.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • If you are troubleshooting problems with cookies, make sure Accept third party cookies is also not set to Never. For more information, see Disable third-party cookies in Firefox to stop some types of tracking by advertisers.
     
   
   
   
   


5. 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.
     
   
   
   
   


6. Click OK to close the Options window
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