{"id":164560,"date":"2021-03-24T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=164560"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:10:38","slug":"how-to-enable-cookies-in-chrome-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-enable-cookies-in-chrome-in-3-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Cookies in Chrome in 3 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We always hear people speak about their internet cookies and how you should clear them now and then, but not many people know why or what exactly they are. \u201cCookies\u201d has become a term that people throw around to seem knowledgeable about technology, much like \u201cLAN\u201d or \u201cCPU.\u201d&nbsp; In this article, we\u2019ll show you how to enable cookies in Chrome for&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iPhone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Android<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Cookies?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cookies are text files that are saved while you browse the internet. These files store data like usernames and what you\u2019ve been browsing to improve your browsing experience online. For example, when you browse shoes on Amazon, you may see an ad for those shoes on a different website. This ad is generated for you using the cookies that the server created while you were browsing Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Enable Cookies in Chrome<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cookies can be beneficial in that they exist to offer you a fully customized online experience. However, caution should always be taken as they can also weaken your privacy settings on your PC. On that note, let\u2019s jump into the guide!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Access Settings<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open your Chrome, click on the three dots in the top right-hand side of the screen, and select <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164562\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1616223574\/pasted_image_0_-_2021-03-20T085909.209_xwpax6.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"475\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: Open Privacy Settings<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now select <\/span><b>Privacy and Security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the left-hand side and then click on <\/span><b>Cookies and other site data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164563\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1616223576\/pasted_image_0_-_2021-03-20T085916.404_ft9bro.png\" width=\"983\" height=\"337\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Allow Cookies<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the <\/span><b>Allow all cookies <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">option from the menu and exit your settings. You can also disable them by selecting the appropriate option from the list, or you can customize which websites should be allowed to generate cookies and which should not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164564\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1616223579\/pasted_image_0_-_2021-03-20T085922.509_ngppaf.png\" width=\"679\" height=\"630\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u201cC is For Cookie, That\u2019s Good Enough For Me!\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cookies are what allow you to save your passwords and usernames for various websites and accounts. They also try to make sure that you see ads that will be of interest to you based on the sites you tend to browse. Overall, they have tremendous advantages and are pretty useful to keep active, but they can also become rather annoying as they can increase the number of notifications you receive from Chrome. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1611309035\/Chrome_2_jdhrfi.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">How to turn off Chrome Notifications<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-turn-off-chrome-notifications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Check out our guide<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-turn-off-chrome-notifications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We always hear people speak about their internet cookies and how you should clear them now and then, but not many people know why or what exactly they are. \u201cCookies\u201d has become a term that people throw around to seem knowledgeable about technology, much like \u201cLAN\u201d or \u201cCPU.\u201d&nbsp; In this article, we\u2019ll show you how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-enable-cookies-in-chrome-in-3-easy-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Enable Cookies in Chrome in 3 Easy Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":180658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":8},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2378],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-164560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchrome"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324969,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164560\/revisions\/324969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164560"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=164560"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=164560"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=164560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}