How to Open Cookie Files
The instructions are below to find the cookies folder, view, open and check cookie files in Internet Explorer (IE).
Follow these simple steps to find, view, open and check cookie files.
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Choose Tools from the top menu in the browser and select Internet Options.
3. Within Internet Options, look for the section labeled "Browsing History" and click on Settings - See Figure 1 below.
4. Once Temporary Internet Files and History Settings is open, select View Files to open your cookies folder
Figure 1 - Showing Browsing history and cookie settings |
Figure 2 - Showing location of cookies folder with ability to view cookies and other temporary internet files. |
5. Double click any of the text files labeled with cookie: to view the contents of the text file - See Figure 3
Figure 3 - The Temporary Internet Files folder containing cookie text files to check
6. What you will see in your cookie files are long strings of text similar to below but usually stretched-out on one line:
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
spPxTLx9dqo
youtube.com/
1536
358634112
30120503
1340933992
30073223
*
__utma
27069237.280222264.1282312231.1272318331.12712348031.1
youtube.com/
1600
1160854400
30221100
1403389296
30074249
*
__utmz
27069237.1272318031.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
youtube.com/
1622
3553868544
30110961
402349296
30074249
*