How to Save Important Cookies

Filed Under (Web Browsers) by RJ on 12-06-2009

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On the internet, cookies are a way of life — love them or loathe them, they are a required component of day-to-day use of the ‘internets’. While there are many misconceptions about cookies, namely that they’re evil or that they may damage your PC, even some of the people who know better just like to remove their cookies from time to time. However, this can be problematic for those who use websites that require cookies to maintain their login status, especially if they use those websites frequently. For instance, Gmail, Last.fm, eBay, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace all utilize cookies, and if you’re visiting these websites quite a bit, the last thing you want to have to do is type in your username and password multiple times per day. So, how can you delete cookies that you do not need, while saving those that you do need?

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