And what will happen if i delete them? Are they just trash or are they important?
2006-08-24 18:30:46 · 12 answers · asked by Leo 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
cookies store small peices of information that a webpage can use to identify you.
They aren't all that important...if you want you can delete them.
2006-08-24 18:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jordan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little bits and bytes that remember your login information for various websites so you don't have to. On the other hand, they track your movements on the web and often put data on your PC that you didn't ask for. Very small and disposable.
Recommended Action. Most web browser allow you to "protect" certain websites for "cookies" when you run a general wipe of web history. "protect" the sites you like and use often, Wipe the rest regularly. Write down any financial logins and never allow the computer to save or remember them. Lyssa.
2006-08-25 01:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by Ylyssa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are just temp files which collect imp information while u are surfing the net. U can delete them whenever u like.
When u fill up some internet forms and other details or visit some pages they are automatically generated and reside in your temp internet files.
U can safely delete them.
2006-08-25 01:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by KD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bits of data.
Some cookies are information you intentionally saved, like favorites lists, some are viewed data that will build up until you defrag.
Some are spam, some are adware,some are malware.
You can delete most without repercussions to your system.
2006-08-25 01:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Norton N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends
some are bad some are good and others indifferent...
they store info from websites you visit... things such as passwords, viewing preference and whatnot are kept on them... they open up as text files when ya click on them...
nothing bad will happen except the next time you visit a site you'll have to put in the password again...its only bad if you've forgotten it and cant remember the e-mail addres you used to make an account for that website...
cookies eventually eat up a lot of space on your computer if you go to a lot of websites..
2006-08-25 01:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by Identity Crisis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are the things that save on your computer that saves sites that you have been on so if you reopen that site, it will be faster. I just delete them. It wont harm or do anything. I dont see a point in them
2006-08-25 01:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your computer just saves short cuts to websites so if you go back to the same website it loads faster. It also allows people to see what web pages you have been to and it takes up hard drive space. I delete mine about 1 time per week. It wont hurt anything
2006-08-25 01:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by searay092003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cookie is a very small text file placed on your hard drive by a Web Page server.
It is essentially your identification card, and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx :)
2006-08-25 01:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cookies are a kind of dessert that you bake in the oven. when they are done, they smell delicious. there a lot of types of cookies like chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cookies.
2006-08-25 01:36:44 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny KAo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
delete them they are internet tracking devices ad trackers
2006-08-25 01:39:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋