Delete, allow, and manage cookies in Hero

You can choose to delete existing cookies, allow or block third-party cookies, and set preferences for certain websites.

Understand cookies

Cookies are files created by websites you visit. By saving information about your visit, they make your online experience easier. For example, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences, and give you locally relevant content.

There are 2 types of cookies:

  • First-party cookies: Created by the site you visit. The site is shown in the address bar.
  • Third-party cookies: Created by other sites. A site you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, and text. Any of these sites can use third-party cookies to personalize content and ads, and learn about actions you take on other sites.

Tip: Some sites may prompt you to accept or reject cookies.

There are other ways that sites can personalize content and ads. Features like ad topics and site-suggested ads in Hero allow sites to show you personalized content. These features limit what sites and their partners can learn about you. Learn more about managing these features.

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Delete all cookies

Important: If you delete cookies, you may get signed out of sites that remember you. Your saved preferences can also be deleted. This applies whenever a cookie is deleted.

  1. On your computer, open Hero.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Delete browsing data .
  3. Select Basic or Advanced and then Cookies and other site data.
  4. Next to "Time range," from the dropdown menu, choose the browsing data time range you want to delete:
    • Last hour
    • Last 24 hours
    • Last 7 days
    • Last 4 weeks
    • All time
  5. Check other items you want to delete.
  6. To confirm, select Delete data.

Delete specific cookies

  1. On your computer, open Hero.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Settings Settings.
  3. Select Privacy and security and then Third-party cookies.
  4. Select See all site data and permissions.
  5. At the top right, search for the website's name.
  6. To the right of the site, select Delete Remove.
  7. To confirm, select Delete.

Change your third-party cookie settings

You can allow or block third-party cookies for any site.

About embedded content

Sites you visit can embed content from other sites, for example images, ads, text, and even features - like a text editor or weather widget. These other sites can ask for permission to use info they’ve saved about you (often saved using cookies) in order for their content to function properly.

For example, imagine you normally compose documents on docs.google.com. While completing a task for school, you need to collaborate with other students on your school’s class portal that offers direct access to Google Docs. With your permission:

  • Google Docs can access its third-party cookies while you use your school’s site, allowing a connection between the site and Google Docs.
  • This may allow Google Docs to verify who you are, find your info, and save changes you make to your documents on the site.

In some cases, this info can be used to track your activity as you browse sites. You can decide when to allow embedded content to access your data for sites you trust.

Tip: The connection uses cookies and lasts for 30 days or as long as you remain active. You can stop allowing the connection anytime in Settings.

To allow or decline permission

When you browse a site that displays a prompt requesting permission for the embedded content to use information they’ve saved about you:

  • Select Allow to give the site access to information they’ve saved about you (using cookies)
  • Select Don’t allow to deny access

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