You can choose to delete existing cookies, allow or block all cookies, and set preferences for certain websites.
Important: If you’re part of the test group that limits third-party cookies by default, you may find different settings for managing third-party cookies. Learn how to manage third-party cookie settings for test group users.
What cookies are
Cookies are files created by websites you visit. By saving information about your visit, they make your online experience easier. For example, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences, and give you locally relevant content.
There are 2 types of cookies:
- First-party cookies: Created by the site you visit. The site is shown in the address bar.
- Third-party cookies: Created by other sites. A site you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, and text. Any of these other sites can save cookies and other data to personalize your experience.
Tip: Some sites may prompt you to accept or reject cookies.
Delete all cookies
Important: If you delete cookies, you might get signed out of sites that remember you, and your saved preferences could be deleted. This applies any time a cookie is deleted.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
.
- At the top right, tap More
Settings.
- Tap Privacy and security
- Choose a time range, like Last hour or All time.
- Check Cookies and site data and uncheck all other items.
- Tap Delete data
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- Go to a website.
- In the address bar, at the top left, tap Page info
Cookies and site data.
- Next to the number of cookies in use, tap Delete
.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- Tap Site settings
- Tip: If you're part of the test group that limits third-party cookies by default, learn how to manage third-party cookie settings for test group users.
- Select an option:
- Allow third-party cookies.
- Block third-party cookies in Incognito mode.
- Block third-party cookies.
- If you block third-party cookies, all third-party cookies from other sites are blocked unless the site is allowed on your exceptions list.
If you block third-party cookies by default, you can still allow them for a certain site.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- Tap Privacy and security
- Tap + Add site exception.
- Enter the web address.
- To create an exception for an entire domain, insert [*.] before the domain name. For example, [*.]google.com will match drive.google.com and calendar.google.com.
- You can also put an IP address or a web address that doesn't start with http://.
- Tap Add.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- In the address bar, at the top left:
- To allow third-party cookies: Tap Page info
- To block or limit third-party cookies: Tap Page info
- To allow third-party cookies: Tap Page info
Tips:
- This option is only temporary and only for the site you’re on.
- Sites get added to the exception list automatically.
- If you temporarily allow third-party cookies on a site, that setting carries over into Incognito mode and you can't reset it from Incognito mode.
A company can define a group of sites that are related to each other. For example, a company might want to keep you signed in as you move between acme-music.example and acme-video.example.
If you allow or limit third-party cookies: Allows related sites to access your activity to personalize content or keep you signed in across sites.
If you block third-party cookies: It often prevents this kind of connection between sites. You can block third-party cookies while you allow sites in the same group to improve your experience.
You can find the full list of companies who define groups of related sites on Github. Learn more about related sites and third-party cookies.
To allow related sites to find your activity within the group:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- Tap Privacy and security
- Tip: If you’re part of the test group that limits third-party cookies by default, learn how to manage third-party cookie settings for test group users.
- Tap the arrow next to "Block third-party cookies."
- Turn Allow related sites to see your activity in the group on or off.
To show related sites in the same group:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- Tap Site settings
- Choose a site.
- Under “Sites under [website link],” find sites in the same group.
Manage third-party cookie settings for test group users
For a specific group of users, Google is testing features in Chrome that significantly limit sites from using third-party cookies to track you while browsing. If you’re part of the test group, third-party cookies are limited by default except where they are required to allow basic website services to function.
If you choose to, you can block third-party cookies completely in your settings. You can manage your third-party cookie preferences in your “Privacy and Security” settings.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- Tap Privacy and security
- To customize your third-party cookie settings, you can:
- Block all third-party cookies: When you toggle this on, features on some sites may not work. Chrome blocks all third-party cookies from sites you visit, including related sites.
- Send “Do not track” request with your browsing traffic: When you toggle this on, you request that sites not track you. Sites use their discretion whether to comply with the request. Learn more about "Do Not Track".
- Choose which sites you allow to use third-party cookies: You can also check and edit which sites you allow to use third party cookies under “Sites allowed to use third-party cookies.” Learn how to allow third-party cookies.
