Cookie Editor

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are pieces of information generated by a Web server and stored in the user's computer without their consent or knowledge, ready for future access.

In most cases, not only does the storage of personal information into a cookie go unnoticed, so does access to it. Web servers automatically gain access to relevant cookies whenever the user establishes a connection to them, usually in the form of Web requests.

By using cookies, a website can track what links you click on, the ads you respond to, and all sorts of other information.

Not all cookies are bad. As a matter of fact, most cookies store harmless but useful information.

Cookies allow user-side customization of Web information. If you sometimes visit 'finance.yahoo.com' you may notice that this page remembers your recent stock quotes. It's done through cookies.

Another example: cookies can be used to store shopping lists of items a user has selected while browsing through a virtual shopping mall

Cookie Editor

Cookie Editor is an application that helps you manage cookies set by Internet Explorer.

Cookie Editor allows you to maintain the level of your privacy by allowing you to see, edit or delete any unwanted cookies. It searches your drives for all IE cookies then displays them is easy grid-like format. You can examine content of any cookie or delete it.

For advanced users, you can also edit the contents of cookies. So, for example, if you want to change your zip code for 'movies.yahoo.com', or move up the expiration date of a given cookie, you could do so without even opening your browser!