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enable cookies on iphone


How to enable cookies on iphone, the process of are getting Cookies enabled on iOS iPhone - this process is the same for iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Enable Cookies on iPhone ios
First,open your iPhone, open the "Settings" App
Return to the Home Screen by pressing the round button underneath the screen. You will see the grid of icons. Then, find the "Settings" icon and tap on it.

Scroll and tap on the "Safari" item
The Settings screen will be longer than the actual screen of your iPhone, so to reach the "Safari" Cookies section you need to scroll the screen down a bit by dragging on the screen with your finger.

The Settings screen, highlighting the Safari item

When you see the Safari item, tap on it to see the options for Safari cookies

Then Scroll down and choose your Cookies preference
First-Party cookies
You can see the Block All Cookies setting in the Privacy & Security section - when this slider is slid to the right (and turned green), then all Cookies will be blocked Cookies. Be careful; blocking all cookies may actually prevent you from using a lot of websites normally! First-Party Cookies are usually used when you log in to websites; and you may find you can't use a lot of websites without Cookies enabled.

Third-Party cookies
However, the other setting you want to pay attention to is the one above it: Prevent Cross-Site Tracking. This setting also controls Third-Party Cookies. These are cookies set by sites other than the one you are visiting, and it's one of the major ways that companies track your activity online.

It's very common to disable Block All Cookies (so that cookies are allowed), but to also enable cookies Prevent Cross-Site Tracking (so that third-party cookies are blocked)

The Block Cookies item

This will allow cookies from the websites you specifically visit, but can help prevent things like embedded "Like/Share" buttons from sharing your online activity with advertisers.

You have configured your Cookies settings
Congratulations, you just configured Cookies in Safari on iOS.
cookies settings
Please Note! If you have just enabled cookies the cookies Prevent Cross-Site Tracking feature, you will need to restart Safari before the setting takes full effect.

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