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# Managing cookies

If you are concerned about cookies, you can set how you want Safari to handle them.

Important:Changing your cookie preferences or removing cookies may cause similar changes in other applications, including Dashboard.

## To change cookie preferences:

1. Choose Safari > Preferences and click Security.

2. In the “Accept cookies” section, specify if and when Safari should accept cookies from websites. To see an explanation of the options, click the Help button (looks like a question mark).

3. If you want to see more information about the cookies stored on your computer, click Show Cookies. The following information is displayed for each cookie:

- Website that stored the cookie

- Name

- Path, or location, on your computer

- Secure status; cookies marked “secure” are sent over an encrypted connection

- Expiration date (when it will be removed from your computer)

- Contents (normally a string of code)

If you’ve set Safari to block cookies, you may need to temporarily accept cookies to open a page. Repeat the above steps, selecting Always. When you’re done with the page, turn off cookies again and remove the page’s cookies.

### Related Topics

What are cookies?

Removing cookies

Browsing privately