Have you ever wondered why your smartphone knows a little too much about your late-night online shopping habits?
This is due to cookies, small data packets hosted in your browser that collect data about you while you browse.
Most of the time, this information is anonymized and intended for websites to determine which features you use or to show you relevant advertisements. But sometimes they can be used in more malicious ways, by following you around the web to create a profile on you.
So what should you do if you want to disable cookies? Let’s see how to manage them on your Android phone, so you can browse with a little more anonymity.
What are cookies on my phone?
Cookies are small files stored on your device by websites so that they remember information about your visit. These can range from keeping you logged in to remembering your site preferences to tracking your every digital move for advertising purposes.
On your phone, these cookies work just like on a computer, living in your mobile browser and sometimes extending their lifespan.
Why should I delete cookies on my phone?
Although cookies can be useful, there are several reasons why you may want to delete them from your phone:
- Confidentiality: Deleting cookies regularly helps protect your private data from prying eyes, especially on shared or public devices
- Storage space: Although small, cookies can accumulate and take up valuable space on your device
- Performance: Too many cookies can slow down your browsing experience
- Troubleshooting: Sometimes deleting cookies can resolve issues with websites loading incorrectly.
How to delete cookies on an Android phone
Cleaning cookies on an Android phone is simple. Here’s how to do it:
- Open your web browser: Most Android users surf the web with Chrome, so we’ll start there
- Go to settings: Tap the three dots in the upper right corner, then select Settings
- Privacy and Security : Find this section and tap Clear browsing data
- Choose what you want to erase: Select Cookies and site data as well as any other data you want to delete, like cached images
- Erase data: Press the Erase data button at the bottom, then your cookies will be deleted
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Connor Jewiss/Foundry
Connor Jewiss/Foundry
How to delete cookies on a Samsung phone
If you’re using Samsung’s Internet browser, the process is just a little different:
- Open the browser: Launch it Samsung Internet application
- Menu: Tap the three lines at the bottom right to open more options
- Settings: Scroll to Settingsthen find Privacy and Security.
- Search for personal browsing data: Here you will see Delete browsing data. Press it
- Select the data to delete: Make sure Cookies and site data is verified. You can also clear your cache here if you are cleaning
- DELETE: Faucet Delete dataand your Samsung browser will be like new
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Connor Jewiss/Foundry
Connor Jewiss/Foundry
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