What is This?
Did you know:
- Adobe’s Flash Player stores “cookies”, just like your web browser. [What is a “cookie”?]
- Websites, as well as people who have access to your computer, can find out some of the things you have been doing, based on your Flash cookies.
- Even if you tell your browser to delete all cookies, or not to store cookies at all, the Flash cookies will still be around.
This site is here to help you understand and manage the Flash cookies on your computer.
Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager
Adobe has a web-based tool that allows you to view and delete the Flash cookies on your computer:
According to Adobe, this tool does not give them access to your private data.
Note for those using the Flashblock add-on for Firefox: the Settings Manager runs under Flash; the first Flash box on the above page is the Settings Manager.
Articles
- Cookies for the Clueless
- My own article about cookies, for people who know little or nothing about them.
- Flash Cookies Explained
- A nice explanation of both Flash cookies and the Settings Manager, from gHacks.net.
- EPIC Flash Cookie Page
- Lots of information about Flash cookies. A little more on the technical side. From the Electronic Privacy Information Center.