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Cookies.txt

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cookies.txt is a file in the profile folder. The file name is incorrectly capitalized in the title of this article due to technical limitations in the software which powers the Knowledge Base.

The file cookies.txt is used in Firefox 2 or below and in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey 1.x for storing cookies, which are lines of plain-text stored and retrieved by websites you visit.

Starting in SeaMonkey 2 and Firefox 3, cookies are stored in the database file cookies.sqlite. In converted profiles, cookies.txt data is migrated to cookies.sqlite. [1]

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Editing

A typical line from the file might read (the spaces are tabs in the original file):

kb.mozillazine.org FALSE / FALSE 1146030396 wikiUserID 16993

The meaning of the above line is as follows:

kb.mozillazine.org The name of the website (server) that stored the cookie.
FALSE Whether the cookie can be read by other machines at the same domain (mozillazine.org); in this case, no.
/ The directory path for which the cookie is relevant; in this case, / denotes the home directory (i.e., the URL http://kb.mozillazine.org/).
FALSE Whether the cookie requires a secure connection; in this case, no.
1146030396 The time at which the cookie will expire (the number of seconds since 12 a.m., January 1, 1970).
wikiUserID The name of the cookie.
16993 The value of the cookie.
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Moving

This file can be moved to a different profile without any extra effort.

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Deleting

Deleting cookies.txt will reset (clear) all your cookies. A new file will be created on start up or when the application first needs to write to the file.

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Related bug reports

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See also

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