Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Chrome allows sites to keep information that includes first-party and third-party cookies while you're browsing, but erase them when you quit Chrome.

1. On your computer, open Google Chrome.
2. At the top-right, click More Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
4. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings.
5. Under "Cookies", choose Keep local data only until you quit your browser.

You can't clear some cookies and site data associated with apps that you've added to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. Find out how to clear hosted app data deleting your cache and other browsing data.

You can block most cookies while still allowing them from certain sites:

1. On your computer, open Google Chrome.
2. At the top-right, click More Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
4. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings.
5. Under "Cookies," click Manage exceptions.
6. Enter the site name for which you want to allow cookies.
   • To allow cookies from an entire domain, insert [*.] before the domain name. For example, [*.]google.com. This creates an exception for drive.google.com and calendar.google.com.
   • You can also put an IP address or a web address that doesn't begin with http.
7. To the right of the site name, click the Down arrow .
8. Choose whether the site can set cookies. If you select Clear on exit, its cookies are deleted every time that you close your browser.

You can also edit or remove exceptions using this box.

1. On your computer, open Google Chrome.
2. At the top-right, click More Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
4. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings.
5. Under "Cookies," click Manage exceptions.
6. Point to a site or domain.
7. To the right, click Close .
8. Click Finished.

If you're using a Chromebook at work or school, your network administrator might configure cookies for you, in which case you can't change these settings yourself. Find out about using a managed Chromebook.

If you've added cookies exceptions for specific domains, the address bar will show if cookies are blocked . 

You can adjust cookie permissions for the page that you're on.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to the page for which you want to manage cookies.
3. At the top, next to the web address, click Lock or Page .
4. Click [number] from this site.
5. Adjust the cookies:
   • Re-block allowed cookies: in the "Allowed" tab, select the site from the list at the top and click Block.
   • Allow cookies from a domain: in the "Blocked" tab, select the site from the list at the top and click Allow.
   • Allow cookies from a domain until you exit or quit Chrome: in the "Blocked" tab, select the site from the list at the top and click Clear on exit. The cookies are deleted every time you close your browser.

You may need to reload the page for the changes to take effect. Even if you've allowed a site's cookies, its third-party cookies won't be accepted if you've ticked "Block third-party cookies and site data."