# Delete cookies button

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-cookies-button/121903>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-cookies-button/121903 "2002-08-01T18:46:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-cookies-button/121903/1 "2002-08-01T18:46:16Z")

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I used to have a ‘delete cookies’ button on my internet options panel (ME), but it disappeared after I did a system config restore. How do I get this button back without doing another restore? Yes, I know I can use the ‘settings’ button, but ‘delete cookies’ was so convenient. Any ideas? If at all possible, please resist posting cookie puns and ME jokes/insults unless you also have a valid solution to this problem.

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**Author:** ![Church\_Key\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-cookies-button/121903/2 "2002-08-01T19:09:19Z")

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Sounds like when you did your system restore, you went from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 5.x or below…

To fix this, reinstall Internet Explorer 6…

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**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-cookies-button/121903/3 "2002-08-01T22:38:18Z")

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That was it. Thanks, fatdave.