How do you selectively clear cookies?

[dewaltdisney]

On XP I could go through the cookies and delete the crap and leave the ones I wanted. On Vista this facility seems to have gone and I wondered if it was hidden for some reason?

Any advice please?

Ta

DWD

[chat_to_rich]

Install and run CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Go to the Options tab on the left hand side, choose Cookies. You can add the cookies you want to keep to an exclude list. Then if you go to the Cleaner tab on the left hand side, you can selectively just clean Cookies by unticking everything except Cookies. Additionally, once the Cookie scan has run, if you double click on one of the results, e.g. "Internet Explorer - Cookie 3 files", you can see the cookies that have been found. Right-click on a search results and choose "Open containing folder" to see the actual cookie files on disk.

[dewaltdisney]

Okay, thanks for that Rich. I will have a go and report how I get on

DWD

[dewaltdisney]

Hmmm.......I must have missed something. I could not find the exclude list and it did not seem to tell me what the cookies were on the list it produced? I did mange to stop a very annoying HP Advisor dashboard thing by turning it off on the Start menu.

I clearly need to read up on it more.

DWD

[chat_to_rich]

First image shows the cookie exclusion option, next is scan results, double click on a results, e.g. Internet Explorer - Cookies to get the third view of the cookies to be removed. Hope this makes things clearer.

[dewaltdisney]

Right, thank you, I will have another bash at that and see how it goes.

Ta

DWD

[dave.m]

DWD,

This may help. . . . .

CCLEANER Setup Instructions
__________________________________________________________________________________

Download and install Ccleaner
When installing, watch out for the tick box that will install the Yahoo Toolbar if left ticked
Once installed, click Check For Updates (bottom right of the screen)

Ccleaner. Initial Setup and Operation.

After initial setup, all settings will be saved and only the Instructions In Bold Underline need be
carried out to run Ccleaner on a regular basis

Options -> Cookies
Transfer all the cookies that you recognise and use to the righthand column, by highlighting them and clicking the >> arrow button. You can highlite more than one at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and left clicking each cookie that you want to keep. (This only needs to be done once OR prior to cleaning when you have visited new sites that may have lodged cookies for sign-in purposes).

Options -> Settings
Tick -> Auto check for updates
Dot -> Normal File Deletion ( You can change this if you want to over write the deleted files for securer
deletion)

Options -> Advanced
Tick -> Only delete files in Temp. . . older that 48 hours.
Tick -> Show promt to backup.
Untick -> All other Options.

Tools -> Uninstaller
Handy for uninstalling and also if you have uninstalled using Add/Remove but the name remains in the list, click it in this list and click Delete Entry.

Tools -> Startup
Saves going into Start -> Run -> msconfig to disable programs from running at Startup and you can remove items from the startup list.

Cleaner -> Windows Tab
Tick IE to put a tick in all, then Untick Autocomplete form history
Tick Win Explorer to put a tick in all.
Tick System to put a tick in all, then Untick Clipboard, Start Menu Shortcuts & Desktop
Shortcuts.
Leave Advanced unticked.

Cleaner -> Application Tab
Tick All Boxes except Saved Form Information if there is a non-IE browser section.

Click Registry, Untick Registry Integrity to remove ticks from all boxes in the list.


Operation

With all browsers shut down click Cleaner then Analyze.
When complete, click Run Cleaner, the Are You Sure screen will popup, click OK

NEW For 2009!

The latest version now has System Restore points listed in the Tools section.
The list enables you to remove restore points if you wish.

I recommend that you only delete the older points and not delete randomly in the list. That is, unless you have tried to do a System Restore to a specific date and time and it failed, then use Ccleaner to remove that point and try again with another date.

Clicking the column heading 'Date and Time' will force the list to appear in chronological order so you can check the oldest restore points if you wish to delete some to save space on your hard drive.


NEW for 2010!

The latest version now comes with a ‘Drive Wiper’ to erase any data on the free space of the HD or, to erase ALL DATA on a HD. Be VERY CAREFUL about using this feature.

[dewaltdisney]

Thanks Dave, I will have another go on that. It is my PC workstation I was doing it on. When I get it sussed on there I will do my laptop.

DWD

[thescruff]

Is there any advantage in saving selected cookies.

and if so what.

[dave.m]

Is there any advantage in saving selected cookies.

and if so what.

Log on cookies which are saved allow your computer to auto-log on when you go to certain sites without having to log in and remember your userename and password every visit.

Your browser may be set to remember passwords but if a site's cookies have been removed, you still have to click on the log in box and start typing your username, the computer may then complete the username and offer the password, but saving the cookies means that as soon as you open a web sites page, you are logged in and ready to go.

dave

[danielsuperchef]

btw it also means that certain virus/hacks can get you your saved stuff and look at it.
just the flipside