An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember useful information (such as login information, items added in the shopping cart in an online store, etc.) to improve the user’s experience.

Cookies perform essential functions in the modern web. Perhaps most importantly, authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know whether the user is logged in or not, and with which account they are logged in. Without such a mechanism, the site would not know whether to send a page containing sensitive information, or require the user to authenticate themselves by logging in.

Check the following links for the respective browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla FireFox
• Microsoft Edge
• Apple Safari