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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Block or Allow Third-Party Cookies in IE

Third-Party Cookies are nothing but Cookies from another website requested via an embedded code. These have no real benefit to the user as they are only used for data gathering purposes.

Some websites or features on a web page may not work if you block third-party cookies. Then again, some of you may have privacy concerns and may want to block third-party cookies.








We have seen how you can manage cookies in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Now let us see how you can allow or block third-party cookies in these web browsers.
Block Third-Party Cookies in Internet Explorer

To set Internet Explorer to block third-party cookies, open IE > Internet Options > Privacy tab


Click on the Advanced button to open the Advanced Privacy Settings. here, check the Override automatic cookie handling box. IE by default accepts third-party cookies. To block them, select Block. Click OK and exit.