How to Clear Cookies in Chrome for One Site or All Sites

How do I clear cookies for just one site in Chrome?

Click the icon just left of the address bar — a padlock, a tune/slider icon, or a lowercase "i" depending on the site — then choose Permissions and site data followed by Delete data. This removes cookies, cache, and stored permissions for that one site only, leaving every other site's cookies untouched.

This is the fix for a single misbehaving site — a shopping cart stuck in a loop, a login that won't complete, or a paywall that thinks you've already read your free articles — without signing you out of every other tab you have open.

1. Open the site in Chrome and click the icon to the left of the address bar (padlock, tune slider, or an "i" in a circle).
2. Select Permissions and site data (labeled Site information or Cookies on some pages).
3. Click Delete data at the bottom of the panel, then confirm Clear.
4. Reload the page with Ctrl+Shift+R (Windows/ChromeOS) or Cmd+Shift+R (Mac) to force a fresh load without cached cookies.

How do I clear all cookies in Chrome at once?

Go to chrome://settings/privacy, click Delete browsing data, open the Advanced tab, check only Cookies and other site data, pick a time range, then click Delete data. Leaving Cached images and files and Browsing history unchecked clears cookies only, not your history or offline speed.

1. Type chrome://settings/privacy into the address bar and press Enter.
2. Click Delete browsing data.
3. Open the Advanced tab and check Cookies and other site data (uncheck anything else you want to keep).
4. Choose a time range from the dropdown.
5. Click Delete data and wait for the confirmation toast.

What's the difference between clearing cookies, cache, and history?

Cookies store small pieces of data a site asks your browser to remember, like login sessions and cart contents. Cache stores the images, scripts, and files a site needs so pages load faster next time. Browsing history is simply the list of pages you visited — deleting it doesn't touch cookies or cache at all.

Cookies

Small key-value records a site sets in your browser to remember who you are, what's in your cart, or which consent banner you dismissed.

Cache

Copies of images, scripts, and page files Chrome keeps locally so a site loads faster on your next visit.

Browsing history

The list of URLs and page titles Chrome logs as you browse; clearing it doesn't remove cookies or log you out of anything.

Site data

Chrome's umbrella term for cookies plus local storage, IndexedDB, and service workers a site has saved on your device.

Will clearing cookies log me out of everything?

Clearing cookies for a site signs you out of it and empties any cart or unsaved form on that page, but it does not touch your saved passwords — those live in Chrome's separate password storage. Clearing cookies for all sites at once signs you out of nearly everything you were logged into through your browser.

• Signed-out sessions on email, banking, and social sites you were logged into via cookies
• Abandoned shopping carts and multi-step checkout forms that hadn't been submitted yet
• Dismissed cookie-consent banners, which will reappear on your next visit to each site
• Site preferences like currency, language, or dark-mode toggles stored per domain

How do I make Chrome clear cookies automatically when it closes?

Chrome can wipe cookies automatically every time you close it, without you touching the Delete browsing data dialog again. Set this at chrome://settings/content/cookies under Clear cookies when you close all windows, then add trusted sites to the Keep exception list so you don't get logged out of everything on every restart.

1. Open chrome://settings/content/cookies.
2. Toggle on Clear cookies when you close all windows.
3. Under Customized behaviors, click Add next to Sites that can always use cookies.
4. Enter the domain of any site you want to stay logged into (for example your email or work tools) and save.
5. Restart Chrome to confirm those sites still remember you while everything else resets.

This setting is a good middle ground for shared or public computers: it clears session data from banking, shopping, and social sites automatically, while a short allowlist keeps the handful of accounts you actually want to stay signed into.

How can I view or edit individual cookies without deleting everything?

Chrome's built-in cookie settings only let you delete data in bulk — to see individual cookie names, values, and expiry dates, or edit one without touching the rest, you need a cookie editor extension. These sit on top of the same cookies permission Chrome itself uses, so it's worth understanding what that permission covers before installing one.

How do I clear cookies on Chrome for Android or iPhone?

On Android, open Chrome, tap the three-dot menu, then Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data, select Cookies, site data, and tap Clear data. On iPhone or iPad, the menu names are the same, though Chrome for iOS runs on Apple's WebKit engine, so a small number of site behaviors around cookies can differ from desktop Chrome.

1. Tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of Chrome.
2. Tap Settings, then Privacy and security.
3. Tap Clear browsing data.
4. On the Basic tab, check Cookies, site data (uncheck Browsing history and Cached images and files if you only want cookies).
5. Choose a time range and tap Clear data.

iOS follows the same menu path — Settings > Privacy and security > Clear Browsing Data. There's no per-site cookie deletion on mobile the way there is on desktop, so if you need to clear just one site's cookies on a phone, wait until you're back at a desktop for the per-site method above.

What if clearing cookies doesn't fix a broken site?

If a site is still broken after you've cleared its cookies, the problem usually isn't cookies at all — it's often cache, a misbehaving extension, or a server-side outage. Work through the list below in order before assuming cookies are the cause.

• Force a hard reload with Ctrl+Shift+R (or Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) to bypass cache, not just cookies
• Open the site in an Incognito window — if it works there, an extension or a leftover cookie exception is the cause
• Check chrome://settings/content/cookies for a Block or Keep exception you forgot you added for that domain
• Disable extensions one at a time, since website blockers and privacy tools can interfere with a site's own cookie logic
• Confirm the site itself isn't down by checking it from another network or device

How do I clear cookies but keep some sites signed in?

To keep specific sites always signed in while blocking or auto-clearing cookies everywhere else, add them to Chrome's allow list instead of relying on memory. Go to chrome://settings/content/cookies, then add each trusted domain under Sites that can always use cookies.

1. Open chrome://settings/content/cookies.
2. Under Customized behaviors, click Add next to Sites that can always use cookies.
3. Type the domain (for example mail.google.com) and click Add.
4. Repeat for each site you don't want to sign back into constantly.
5. Optionally check Including third-party cookies on this site for services that embed content, like a payment widget.

This list survives even if you've turned on Clear cookies when you close all windows, so it's the most reliable way to combine strict privacy defaults with a short list of accounts you don't want to keep re-entering passwords for. Review the list every few months alongside a browsing history cleanup to prune old cookie exceptions you no longer need.