# Where does IE6.0 store login information?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-ie6-0-store-login-information/406090>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-ie6-0-store-login-information/406090 "2007-05-30T17:13:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-ie6-0-store-login-information/406090/1 "2007-05-30T17:13:04Z")

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I was trying to log in to a site, and accidentally typed my log in information incorrectly. Unfortunately, when IE6.0 offered to store my name and password, I accepted (it is my local public library network accessed through my work computer, so I wasn’t concerned about security). So now I have the incorrect log-in information on a pulldown when I access the site.

Where is this information stored, or at least how can I delete this and start again? A brief stroll through the Cookies directory wasn’t helpful, and I’m lost after that. If necessary, I can clean out all my cookies, but I am hoping that is a last resort.

thanks, plynck

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-ie6-0-store-login-information/406090/2 "2007-05-30T18:43:20Z")

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Have you tried just using the delete key on the pull-down entry, or possibly ctl-delete?

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**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-ie6-0-store-login-information/406090/3 "2007-05-30T19:24:30Z")

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[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle]  
Have you tried just using the delete key on the pull-down entry, or possibly ctl-delete?  
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:o …Okay, that was mortifying… :o

I tried right-clicking, and gave up when it didn’t work. Trust me to look for a difficult way to solve an easy problem…

Thanks