Cookies are stored on your computer’s hard drive. They are stored in a folder called Temporary Internet Files. You can find this folder in the c:\documents and settings\(username)\local settings directory. You can easily identify which files in this folder are cookies because the name looks similar to the following:

Cookie:username@Web site.com

If you need to delete a cookie, one way of doing so is to navigate to the Temporary Internet Files folder on your hard drive and delete the file. However, it is much easier to do so through Internet Explorer. To do so, use the following steps:

1. Simply open your Web browser, click Tools, and select Internet Options.

2. The Internet Options dialog box will appear.
3. If you want to delete all the cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder, click the Delete Cookies button available from the General tab.
4. If you want to delete a single cookie, click the Settings button, and click the View Files button as shown in the figure.
5. This opens the Temporary Internet Files folder from where you can highlight a specific cookie and delete it.

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