This way, you can keep cookies enabled when you want to use them and disable them when you don’t.

Let’s look at how to enable and disable cookies in the most popular iPhone browsers.

A website cookie is a small file that the website you’re visiting places in your browser. This file allows the website to recognize you as a user, which helps the site serve you with more relevant content.

A cookie is the reason you start seeing content that you’re more interested in when you visit a website multiple times.

To learn more about cookies, check out our guide explaining internet cookies. It’ll give you all the extra information you want about these little files.

How to Enable or Disable Cookies in Safari on an iPhone

Safari for iPhone has a simple toggle to turn cookies on and off. You can access this option as follows:

Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Scroll down and tap the Safari option. You’ll see an option that says Block All Cookies. Turn this option on to disable all cookies in Safari. Turn the toggle off if you want to enable cookies in Safari on your iPhone.

How to Enable or Disable Cookies in Chrome on an iPhone

Google Chrome for iOS has cookies enabled by default, and you can’t change this option. If you want to disable them, you need to find other ways to stop Google tracking you instead.

You can, however, clear cookies in Chrome if you want. The following shows how you do this if you’re interested:

Launch Chrome on your iPhone. Tap the three dots to open Chrome’s menu and tap Settings. Tap Privacy on the resulting screen. Select Clear Browsing Data. Choose a time range from the Time Range menu, tick Cookies, Site Data, and tap Clear Browsing Data at the bottom. This will delete your Chrome cookies from your iPhone.

How to Enable or Disable Cookies in Firefox on an iPhone

Unlike Chrome, Firefox offers the option to enable or disable cookies in your browser. Here’s how you find and use this toggle on your phone:

Open Firefox on your iPhone. Tap the three horizontal lines in the bottom-right corner and select Settings. Scroll down and tap Data Management. You’ll see various toggles on this screen, one of which says Cookies. Turn this toggle on to enable cookies in Firefox or switch it off to disable cookies.

How to Enable or Disable Cookies in Opera Touch on an iPhone

Opera Touch comes with cookies enabled and there’s no option to turn them off. However, you can remove existing cookies so that the websites you visit won’t recognize you.

Here’s how you go about doing this:

Launch Opera Touch and tap the O icon in the bottom-right corner. Select Settings from the menu. Tap the Clear Browser Data option. Select Cookies And Site Data on the screen that follows. Tap Clear in the top-right corner. You’ll see a message saying Data Cleared.

Should I Enable or Disable Cookies on My iPhone?

Knowing how to enable or disable cookies on your iPhone is only half the battle. It doesn’t help you decide whether you should choose to keep using cookies or not.

Cookies are part of what identifies you on the internet. That can lead to more personalized experiences on the web, but it also results in more tracking and data harvesting. If you value your privacy, you might want to disable cookies. But by doing so, some websites and features won’t work.

Luckily, there are plenty of other steps you can take to improve the privacy of your iPhone. Another option you might want to look into is disabling ad tracking. When disabled, this ensures advertisers can’t track your activities online.