Website Not Logging In? Clear Cookies for Just That Site

A banking or government site keeps looping back to the login page, or a page looks broken after an update. Clearing all browser data fixes it but logs you out everywhere. Clear just that one site instead.

Chrome and Edge

1. Open the problem site.
2. Click the icon left of the address (padlock or “tune” icon).
3. Choose Cookies and site data (Chrome) or Cookies (… in use) (Edge) → Manage on-device site data.
4. Delete the entries for that site, then reload.

Firefox

1. Click the padlock → Clear cookies and site data… → Remove.

Still broken? Try these in order

• Hard reload: Ctrl+Shift+R bypasses the cached files for that page.
• Private / InPrivate window: if it works there, the problem is a cookie or an extension.
• Disable extensions one by one — ad blockers and translators often break login pages.
• Check the date and time on your computer; a wrong clock breaks secure sites.
• Allow pop-ups for that site if a payment or document window never appears.

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