How to Enable/Disable Cookies on Mac

How to allow cookies on my Mac? This guide will show you how to enable or turn off cookies in Safari/Firefox/Chrome on Mac.

Author Avatar Joy Taylor Last Updated: Jan. 19, 2022
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Cookies on your Mac saves the data of the websites like website preference, your login details, which will speed up the connection to the websites you regularly visit. If you don’t know how to enable cookies on your Mac, you can get detailed steps in this post. We will show you how to enable cookies on Mac in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.

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Part 1. How to Enable/Disable Cookies in Safari on Mac

Step 1 Open Safari browser on your Mac.

Step 2 On the top left corner, click Safari, and choose Preference.

Step 3 A window will pop up, and click Privacy.

Step 4 Next to Cookies and website data, choose “Always allow” to enable cookies in Safari, and click “Always block” to disable cookies on Mac.

How to Enable/Disable Cookies on Mac in Safari

How to Enable/Disable Cookies on Mac in Safari

Part 2. How to Enable/Disable Cookies in Chrome on Mac

Step 1 Launch Chrome from your Mac.

Step 2 On the top left corner, click Chrome, and choose Preference.

Step 3 Under Settings, click “Show advanced settings…”

Step 4 Under Privacy, click “Content settings…”

Step 5 Under Cookies, choose “ Allow local data to be set (recommended)” to allow cookies on Mac, and choose “Block sites from setting any data” to disable cookies on Mac in Chrome.

How to Allow/Turn Off Cookies on Mac in Chrome

How to Allow/Turn Off Cookies on Mac in Chrome

Part 3. How to Allow/Turn Off Cookies in Firefox on Mac

Step 1 Open Firefox and click Firefox on menu bar, and click Preference.

Step 2 In Privacy settings, choose “Use custom settings for history” under History.

Step 3 Select “Accept cookies from sites”. If you want to disable cookies, uncheck it.

How to Allow/Turn Off Cookies in Firefox on Mac

How to Allow/Turn Off Cookies in Firefox on Mac

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How to Clean Internet Junk Files and More on Mac with MacClean

How to Clean Internet Junk Files and More on Mac with MacClean

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The Bottom Line

That’s it! Enabling cookies is easy with the above steps, and if you want to clear cookies, caches, browsing history, and other types of junk files from Mac, try MacClean.

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