Every modern person uses a browser installed on their phone in one way or another. Some people simply read the news and visit thematic sites, while others study or work. Almost always you do not have to change the default settings of your web browser, but sometimes there are situations when certain functions need to be activated or disabled. Let's figure out how to enable cookies on your Android phone correctly, and also look at how to delete them if necessary.
What do cookies do?
A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser from the website you visit. With its help, the site remembers information about your visits and each time it becomes more convenient and useful for you.
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How to delete cookies
It is necessary to delete cookies periodically. This will prevent accidental leakage of personal data and make using the browser more secure. To clear web data in Google Chrome, follow these steps:
- Click on the three dots icon located in the upper right corner of the page.
- Go to the “History” section.
Go to the “History” section - Select "Clear history".
Select “Clear history” - Specify the time range “All time”.
Check the box next to “Cookies and site data”. Click “Delete data”. Deleting cookies
Please note that deleting cookies will automatically log you out of your accounts on most sites.
Google Chrome cookies have now been removed. But this is not the only web browser, so here are the instructions for Yandex Browser:
- Near the search line, click on the icon in the form of three dots.
- Go to the “Settings” menu.
- Go to the “Clear data” tab.
- Check the “Web page data” box.
- We complete the procedure by clicking on the “Clear data” button.
Delete cookies in Yandex Browser
And now, the cookie data has been successfully deleted from the selected browser. You can continue to use your web browser calmly and safely.
How often to clear cookies and is it worth it?
We have already figured out how to clear cookies in Chrome on an Android phone - but is it necessary to do this? In general, cookies do not pose a particular risk to privacy, because all data is stored in encrypted form. However, sites may use them to send personalized advertisements. For example, this is especially noticeable after searching for information about a certain product. In this case, contextual advertising begins to appear, promoting the thing that interests us.
Also, since cookies are stored on the smartphone, over time they can take up a lot of free memory. If you don’t delete them at all, then in a couple of months the volume of such data can exceed a gigabyte! Therefore, we periodically recommend clearing cookies for those resources that you rarely visit. But it is still undesirable to completely get rid of cookies. They make life much easier by eliminating the need to enter passwords and fill out forms multiple times.
How to enable Android System WebView?
Open “Settings” and use the items “Applications and notifications” - “Show all applications”. Next, click on the three dots at the top right and tap “Show system processes.” Scroll down to Android System WebView
» and tap on it.
Click on the " Enable
" button.
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How to delete data in your Internet browser
Click the "Options" button. The button may be called "More" or look like three dots in the upper right corner.
Select "Settings".
Select "Privacy".
Select "Delete browsing data."
What are cookies and can they be deleted?
Cookies
(cookies) are special text data that the server of the site you visit transmits to your browser in the form of a text
file
, which, accordingly, saves it in a specific folder on your computer.
... Cookies vary in terms of their validity period. By default, they are deleted
from the browser immediately after it is closed, i.e.
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A universal way to clean web browsers on Android
You can manage the amount of data in any mobile browser and delete information that has become unnecessary from it directly through the Android settings.
- Open system settings.
- Go to the "Applications" section.
- Select the browser you want to clean.
- Go to his storage.
- Click on the "Manage Place" button.
- Select what data you want to delete and click Clear.
The names of menu items may differ depending on the version of the operating system and shell.
Where is the cache memory on Android?
Self cache
can be found in the following locations: In the root of the phone's memory or SD card, a folder with the name of the application In the /Android/data folder. In the folder /Android/obb.
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On the computer
As you already know, all cookies are stored in a separate file, which at the same time is easily managed through the Yandex browser settings. Therefore, we will need to launch the settings and go through some sections. To do this, use the following instructions:
- Launch the Yandex browser on your computer and go to the program settings. To do this, click on the button with three lines in the upper right corner and open “ Settings».
- Next, scroll down with the mouse to the block “Websites", at the bottom of which click on the button "Advanced site settings».
- In the tab that appears, scroll down again to the item “Cookies" and open the section "Cookies and site data».
- Ready! Here we can view the saved cookies for a specific site. To do this, select the required site and simply left-click on it.
- Next, a new window will appear, in which there is a line called “Content" In it we can actually see the contents of the cookie.
In this way you can view the contents of cookies of all available sites. Also in this section you can easily delete cookies. To do this, just hover your cursor over a specific site and click on the “Delete” button on the right side of the screen.
On the phone
Cookies are saved not only on your computer, but also on your smartphone. This information is not stored in the Google cloud service. This means that it is not transferred between devices when connected to the Internet. If the user has been authorized for any resource on the smartphone, the data will need to be entered again on the computer.
Unlike a PC, it is not always possible to view saved cookies in a mobile application. This feature will not be available for most devices. Since the information is not intended for the user, but for the browser.
Android
In the Android operating system, the user can manage cookies. So, it is possible to enable or disable this function. You can also clear data on your smartphone.
However, you will not be able to view the saved files. They are not displayed in the application settings. But all these files are still saved on the device and used by the browser.
iPhone
iOS users will also not be able to manage their cookie data. They are saved in the browser and used automatically. You won't be able to display a list of all files on your smartphone.
Cookies perform a useful function in your browser. With their help, the system remembers information about the site, which greatly simplifies the use of the application. Detailed instructions describe how to view cookies in Google Chrome. The data can only be displayed on a computer. This function is not available on a smartphone. But cookies are still used on the mobile device.
How to view cookies on iPhone?
Open Settings on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, then select Safari and the cookie settings section. If you use a different web browser, contact your provider to learn how to disable cookies. Our websites use cookies.
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Where are cookies stored?
Google Chrome stores
all cookies in one file called
Cookies
. The file is located in the following path: “C:\Users\Your username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default”.
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