I can't remove some cookies from Safari 9.1 - one is from macworld.co.uk and one is from youtube.
I delete the cookie but it is rewritten immediately, before I can quit Safari.
This is on OS 10.11.4 on a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2014.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
I have the same problem... I delete cookies and they come right back up after I Press Remove All..
I do not get it...
Do you have a answer .. if so email me *****
Thanks
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As the 2nd article points out, they are capable of regenerating after deletion with files that go to many parts of the system.
Safari/Browsers – can’t delete cookies
The myth of the dangerous cookie
Quit Safari.
In Finder go to Go menu and then Go to Folder.
Copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/Databases.
Delete the contents of the folder.
Launch Safari again and check if all is ok.
If that doesn’t work, copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage.
Delete the contents of the folder.
Then go to Safari/History and delete any entries for the related websites.
Test.
Thank you for the information.. I got as far as Pasting the address you give.
~/Library/Safari/Databases
Says can not find.. nor do I see it...
So I am stoped there..
I do not know what to do next other then answer this Fix from you.
Thank you for trying..
i am really not sure why Apple allows this to happen..
and Especially as it can not be remove with one stroke..
I will be looking for more info if you have it.
I am running Mac OS Sierra Version 10.12.5
thanks
Frank c
You are welcome. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Safari/Databases.
EVERCOOKIE is an open source bug that is very hard to find or kill as it sets up across multiple files across your machinr; try to kill one, it comes back from several other sources. Anybody find a way to kill this little *******, post!
I have tried a variety of suggestions made on these discussion pages but none work. For example, deleting cache.db in the Library Cache.
Have you checked your extensions? Tried clearing your browser history?
Thank you for the feedback, eric.
I use one extension, Ghostery.
I have cleared browser history and worked through a variety of 'fixes' that have not worked.
More than anything, I want to understand how it is only a few cookies that are able to come back.
Safari automatically checks certain sites for updates:
Sites that you've selected for Quick Website Search
Pages that turn up as Top Search Hits
Cookies and databases from those sites will be reloaded even if you don't visit them. If there are particular sites that you don't want to accept cookies from, follow the instructions in the support articles linked above to exclude them. Note that if you visit a page often, it may be added to your Top Sites unless all the available slots are already occupied by pinned sites.
Cookies can also be created by elements, such as ads and invisible "web bugs," that come from a different web server than the one you browsed to. You can block some of those cookies in the Privacy tab of the Safari preferences window.
To block all cookies from a site selectively, you'll need to use third-party software or a different browser. I don't have a specific recommendation.
The file in which web cookies are stored may also be used by third-party applications that use the same mechanism as Safari for communicating with web servers. Those apps may add cookies from sites that you've never visited in Safari.
See also: Evercookie
Thank you.
Removing Safari cookies
