will deleting them speed up my computer?
2006-11-12 09:21:50 · 10 answers · asked by Ciera 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
cookies are not important for u. They are like some kind of gurbage. U can delete everyday after u complete ur work. They just contain the backend history of ur web browsing.
when u get time, just in Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options> there is a button named delete cookies. click that. U can also click the delete files with offline content.and please please decrease the left editable numeric values of clear history. The default value is 20. u can enter 5. U would get better performance of internet.
Good luck
2006-11-12 09:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by mObiN 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cookie is just one or more pieces of information stored as text strings on your machine. A Web server sends you a cookie and the browser stores it. The browser then returns the cookie to the server the next time the page is referenced.
Everytime you open a site, your compouter stores these cookies and of course it takes space from the HDD too. Deleting them once a week is recommended, if you don't, that would really slow the system down. Delete them by opening an explorer window, go to TOOLS>INTERNET OPTIONS> click on delete cookies, delete histrory and clear history then click OK. That should wipe out all excess and might help speed things up. Good luck!
2006-11-12 09:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by renelli d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are put on your computer by some websites to track you. They are not a bad thing, they are there to remember that you have been there before. Yahoo for instants installs a cookie that remembers you. If you are in Yahoo mail and go to another website, when you come back to Yahoo mail, you don't need to re-log-in (unless you closed your browser. It won't help your speed to delete them, however doing so clears all of the cookies out that you may have picked up from another site that contains malicious coding. Sometimes cookies can trace where you have been on line and returns that information to whomever designed the cookie.
2006-11-12 09:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies track your computer use and preferences. There are good cookies and bad ones, and it's probably a good idea to delete them every once in a while.
Examples of cookies:
Good=like Yahoo, the color of your homepage that you chose is remembered because of the cookies
Bad=your passwords can be tracked sometimes by use of cookies
2006-11-12 09:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by Someone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have many many cookies it might make it a little faster. They are companies who want to find out where you go, what you do on comp so they can advertise certain things deduced from your actions on your comp. Delete them all. I run ad-aware daily and delete them that way. They call them tracking cookies.
2006-11-12 09:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by Marissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tell ya whats fun, cruise the web with cookies OFF, then see which sites are AdBots and wich ones are Information.
Session cookies are ok, but them tracking cookies are the debil.
2006-11-12 09:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it like a history of all the web sites u have been . u can delete them it may or may not speeed up your coumpter but deleting will give more space on the hard drive.
2006-11-12 09:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by red_star_56 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one type is tracking cookies....kind of like spyware.....yes in alot of cases they are ok to delete........it may speed your computer up it may not........
2006-11-12 09:27:35 · answer #8 · answered by eliza_marie_2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's a cookie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
Deleting them is ok.
Unlikely deleting them will speed anything up.
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2006-11-12 09:24:53 · answer #9 · answered by jan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can delete them i did it and it made mine a little faster
2006-11-12 09:24:38 · answer #10 · answered by connie m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋