Disable Cookies

[Hendrikdebeer]

Good day

How do I delete cookies on a website?

I have read through the document listed below, but can't find the Global configuration -> Statistics option under the Global settings - please advise.

https://docs.joomla.org/Disable_all_coo ... _in_Joomla

[annahersh]

The document link is for Joomla 1.0 which is clearly stated in the very first sentence.

See the post at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/438 ... joomla-3-x

[sozzled]

I'm not entirely sure that Joomla works without cookies. I could be wrong. And, more to the point, so what? Does anyone really benefit if you were able to disable cookie handling?

[AMurray]

I don't think you can delete cookies on a website (?), since they are stored locally, in the user's computer browser(s) and Joomla sites do depend on them. The best you can do is alert the user to the fact the site does use them, given them the choice of accept/deny cookies - but be prepared for degraded functionality of the site (that's as I see it anyway). The JED has many of the "this site uses cookies" alert plugins.

The irony I see is that a cookie would surely have to be used, to "remember" the fact the user doesn't want to use cookies on a website! I'm not sure how else the website would know that the user previously refused cookies if it can't use cookies to save the setting.

Cookies can be handy for many reasons - such as retaining the data-entry of a previously filled web form, or remembering passwords etc (OK if you're the sole user of a computer, not so good if it's a shared or public computer). Cookies might also be used for example to keep track of online purchases in your "shopping cart" until you check-out.

Anyway, I would agree with @sozzled that Joomla (or its extensions) are not likely to work without cookies but that could be said of any website these days.

I found a somewhat related public ticket discussion on Akeeba's site about cookies, that might clarify some of the issues about how/why Joomla uses cookies. https://www.akeebabackup.com/support/ad ... uests.html.

[JAVesey]

How do I delete cookies on a website?

You don't. They are not stored on a website. They are stored in a viewer's browser.

If you mean "how do I stop a website from generating/sending them to a browser?" then my response is a simple question:

"Why do you want to do this? It's pointless and you'll break much of a website's functionality."

[AMurray]

Of course if you use the incognito / private window functions of browsers these days, they don't save cookies - that doesn't mean websites don't use them. Refer to the help guide for your browser, look up private browsing or similar phrase (google chrome calls it "incognito", firefox, "private browsing")..