How do I find and delete cookies from my machine? To delete your cookies using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7.x you can go to Tools -> Internet Options, click on the 'General' tab and click on the 'Delete Cookies' button. This will delete all of your cookies, even ones that you may want to keep.

If you have Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 6.x or before you need to double click on "My Computer", double click on "C:" or whatever your system disk drive is, double click on the "Windows" folder. If no files appear, click on the "show files" link in the window. Double click on the "Temporary Internet Files" folder. You will probably now see hundreds, perhaps thousands, of files listed. These include cookies and graphics that are pre-loaded by your browser. If you go to View -> Details, you will see them listed in a more compact form with details of what they are and when they were put on your machine. You can delete files individually, or just select them all and delete them. If you delete them, remember to open your Recycle Bin and empty it or they aren't really removed from you disk and still take up disk space.

Netscape 7.x users can go to Tools -> Cookie Manager -> Manage Stored Cookies. Using the 'Stored Cookies' and the 'Cookie Sites' tabs you can view and delete any cookies or delete them all.

I have tried running my version of Netscape 6.x to get specific information about that program, but Windows XP has decided that I don't know what I am doing and gives me Netscape 7.x instead. I hate computer systems who think that they are smarter than I am! You can always use the procedure described above (finding your "Temporary Internet Files") to delete cookies. I don't have a Mac or Opera to test those systems.