Cookies are small files that websites put on your PC to store info about your preferences. Cookies can improve your browsing experience by allowing sites to remember your preferences or by letting you avoid signing in each time you visit certain sites.

Microsoft Edge will delete your browsing history, cookies, and site data, as well as passwords, addresses, and form data when you close all InPrivate windows. You can start a new InPrivate session by selecting Settings and more on a computer or Tabs on a mobile device.

Delete all cookies. In Edge, select Settings and more in the upper right corner of your browser window. Select Settings > Privacy, search, and services. Select Choose what to clear under Clear browsing data > Clear browsing data now . Under Time range, choose a time range from the list.

Go to Settings and more > Settings > Cookies and site permissions to see a list for each website, including location, cookies, pop-ups, and media autoplay. On your device. All data from the previous version of Microsoft Edge. All data including history, favorites, passwords, and more from the legacy version of Microsoft Edge.

Temporarily allow cookies and site data in Microsoft Edge. To help protect your privacy, the new Microsoft Edge sets tracking prevention to balanced by default. For increased protection, you can switch your tracking prevention to strict or block all third-party cookies.

Here's how to enable cookies if your browser is blocking them: Edge (Windows 10) In the Edge window, select More (...) > Settings > View advanced settings. Scroll down to Cookies, and select Don't block cookies. Internet Explorer.

Cookies. Info that sites store on your PC to remember your preferences, such as your sign-in or your location. All. Download history. The list of files you've downloaded from the web. This only deletes the list, not the actual files you've downloaded. Only Internet Explorer 11 and Internet Explorer 10. Form data

The new Microsoft Edge is designed to detect and block potentially harmful trackers—trackers we detect as cryptomining or fingerprinting. We let you decide what trackers to block. For more on tracker prevention and how to use it, select any topic, and it will open to present more information: Select your tracking prevention level

To help prevent websites from personalizing content and ads for you, switch your level of tracking prevention to Strict in Microsoft Edge or go to Settings and more > Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data and turn on Block third-party cookies. This might cause some sites to behave unexpectedly.