Manage Cookies
- Cookies are used by websites to store your preferences about that website
- For example, if you ask a website to 'Keep me logged in', it is the cookie that records this preference. Cookies are stored on your computer by your web browser
- One privacy concern with cookies is that they can allow websites to track your recent browsing history. For this reason, many websites explicitly state that they use cookies so visitors can make an informed choice whether to continue on the site
- Comodo Dragon allows you to control how cookies are handled during your browsing sessions:
To set cookie permissions
- Click the button
at top-right
- Select 'Settings' > scroll down > Click 'Advanced'
- Scroll
to 'Privacy and security'
- Click 'Content settings' then 'Cookies'
The 'Cookies' area lets you configure Dragon to selectively allow or block cookies You can also can view currently stored cookies and remove them.
- Configure whether or not to allow cookies to be stored.
- Allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended) - Allows both cookies from the webpage you visit and from the third-parties like adverts displayed on the web-page, to be stored on your computer.
- Keep local data only until quit your browser - Allows sites to store cookies only until the current browsing session. The cookies will be automatically erased once the browser is closed.
- Block third-party cookies and site data - Allows only the cookies stored by the webpage you visit and blocks cookies from third parties like adverts displayed on the web page.
- To add an exception for a website, enter the domain name below the 'Add' field. All sub-domains too, will be automatically added.
- To block an exception for a website, enter the domain name below the 'Add' field. All sub-domains too, will be automatically added.
- Use the drop-down menu next to domain to choose whether or not to allow cookies. The options available are 'Allow', 'Edit', 'Block' and 'Clear on exit', 'Remove'.
- Add another site if required and repeat the cookie configuration process.
- Click the 'All cookies and site data' button to view and manage currently stored cookies:
- To delete a cookie, select it and click 'X' that appears at the right end of it
- To remove all cookies at once, click the 'Remove all' button
Information about cookies in the current page
Cookie icon will be displayed in the address bar of the page that you have blocked or set to allow.
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If you have selected to block all cookies by default, but made exception to allow cookies for a certain page, the
icon will appear in the address bar of that page.
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If you have selected to allow cookies by default, but made exception to block cookies for a certain page, the
icon will appear in the address bar of that page.
You can view the cookies that have been blocked or set by clicking the icon.
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Click the cookie icon in the address bar.
- Click the 'Manage' button to configure exceptions.
- Click the 'Show cookies and other site data' to view cookies allowed/blocked from the website you are currently visiting.
The 'Allowed' and 'Blocked' tabs displays the respective lists of allowed and blocked cookies from the current website
- To allow a blocked cookie, select the cookie from the 'Blocked' list and click 'Allow' or 'Clear on exit' as per your preference
- To block a allowed cookie, select the cookie from the 'Allowed' list and click 'Block'
- To delete a allowed cookie, select the cookie from the 'Allowed' list and click 'Remove'
- Click
'Close' for your changes to take effect.