How to Allow & Block Website Cookies in Microsoft Edge

How to Allow & Block Website Cookies in Microsoft Edge

Here's how to allow or block third-party cookies in Microsoft Edge. Third-party cookies are cookies that belong to a different domain than the one listed in the address bar. This type of cookie usually appears when web pages contain content from external websites, such as banner ads. Edge allows blocking them.

To help protect your privacy, the new Microsoft Edge sets tracking prevention to balanced by default. For increased protection, you can switch your tracking prevention to strict or block all third-party cookies. Sometimes, these privacy protections might cause parts of sites to not work correctly.

Cookies are small files that store information about a user and their device. Thanks to cookies, you do not need to enter your username and password on sites after you close the browser. Cookies also help companies show relevant ads that are tailored to your interests and needs. Unfortunately, sometimes these companies abuse cookies and collect too much information.

Typically, the domain attribute of a cookie matches the domain that appears in the address bar of the web browser, so this is a first-party cookie. However, the third party cookie belongs to a different domain than the one listed in the address bar. Third-party actively used by ad networks and user activity trackers in order to provide each user with relevant advertisements.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems. Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung, and Huawei).