How to Decline Cookies

You can decline our cookies by following the instructions set out below:

If you are using Netscape Navigator 3.0:

• Go to the 'Options' menu
• Click 'Network Preferences'
• Click 'Protocols'
• Tick the box that says 'Show an alert before accepting a cookie'
• Go into your Netscape folder (usually c:\program files\netspace\navigator)
• Delete the file that is called 'cookies.txt'

Under Windows 95, you should also use the 'Find' feature on the 'Start' menu to simply find the file called 'cookies.txt.'

In Internet Explorer 3.0:

• Go to the 'View' menu
• Click 'Options'
• Click 'Advanced'
• Tick the box that says 'Warn before accepting cookies'
• Go to cookies directory (usually c:\windows\cookies)
• Delete all the files you have there

Once you delete these files you will have no more cookies, and you will be prompted each time a website attempts to send a cookie to your system. At that time, you can choose to either 'Accept' or 'Cancel' a cookie.

If you are using Netscape 4.0+:

• Go to 'Edit' in the menu bar
• Click on 'Preferences'
• Click on 'Advanced'
• Tick the box that says 'Warn me before accepting a cookie'
• Now go to your 'Start' button
• Click on 'Find'
• Click on 'Files and Folders'
• Type "cookies.txt" into the search box that appears
• Click 'Find Now'
• When the search results appear drag all files listed into the 'Recycle Bin'
• Now shut down and restart Netscape

In Internet Explorer 4.0:

• Go to the 'View' menu
• Click 'Internet Options'
• Click 'Advanced'
• Tick the box that says 'Prompt before accepting cookies'
• Now go into your cookies directory (usually c:\windows\cookies)
• Delete all the files you have there

Once you delete these files, you will have no more cookies, and you will be prompted each time a website attempts to send a cookie to your system. At that time, you can choose to either 'Accept' or 'Cancel' the cookie.

In Internet Explorer 5.0+:

• Go to the 'Tools' menu
• Click on 'Internet Options'
• Click the 'Security' tab
• Highlight the 'Internet' zone (selected by default)
• Select security level 'High' for this zone
• Click on 'OK'
• Go into your cookies directory (usually c:\windows\cookies)
• Delete all the files you have there

Once you delete these files, you will have no more cookies and your browser will no longer send or receive new cookies.

If you are using Netscape 6.0+:

• Go to 'Edit' in the menu bar
• Click on 'Preferences'
• Click on 'Advanced'
• Select the 'Cookies' field
• Tick either 'Warn Me Before Accepting a Cookie' or 'Disable Cookies'
• Click on 'OK'
• Go to your 'Start' button
• Click on 'Find'
• Click on 'Files and Folders'
• Type "cookies.txt " into the search box that appears
• Click 'Find Now'
• When the search results appear drag all files listed into the 'Recycle Bin'
• Now shut down and restart Netscape

Depending on your earlier choice you will either be prompted by new cookies or no cookies will be set or received.