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How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 8
- Exit Internet Explorer 8, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Do one of the following:
* In Windows Vista, click Start
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Start button
, type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER
* In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
- On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box.
- In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click to clear all of the check boxes except for the Cookies check box.
- Click Delete.
To verify that the cookie files are deleted, follow these steps:
- Exit Internet Explorer 8, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Do one of the following:
* In Windows Vista, click Start
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Start button
, type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER
* In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
- In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings under Browsing History.
- In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, click View Files. This opens the folder where your cookie files are stored.
- In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no .txt files.
How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 7
- Exit Internet Explorer 7, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Do one of the following:
* In Windows Vista, click Start
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Start button
, type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
* In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
- On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box.
- In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Cookies.
- In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes.
To verify that the cookie files are deleted in Internet Explorer 7
- Exit Internet Explorer 7, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Do one of the following:
* In Windows Vista, click Start
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Start button
, type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
* In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
- In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings under Browsing History.
- In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, click View Files. This opens the folder where your cookie files are stored.
- In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no .txt files.
How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 6
- Exit Internet Explorer 6, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
- On the General tab, click Delete Cookies in the Internet Properties dialog box, under Temporary Internet Files.
- In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box, and then click OK.
To verify that the cookie files are deleted for Internet Explorer 6:
- Exit Internet Explorer 6, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Click Start, and then click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
- In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click View Files under Temporary Internet Files.
- In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no text files.