OK Woody - I think I understand now, the cookies are not required to operate a program, just to let them know who said what about what topic, So I will delete them as soon as I run ccleaner again in a few minutes. I think too that if any other different ones show up perhaps I will recognize a program associated with them. Thanks Joyce On 2/21/2014 Woody wrote: > Joyce, > The only cookies you may want to keep are the ones that provide a > convenience to you, such as cookies for ancestry, facebook, and any other > program you use that you want to recognize you and save time logging in. If > all cookies are deleted, the only problem is that it can take a bit more time > logging into sites you use that require logins. In some cases the site may > provide the user name, and in other cases the site lets you in immediately > without login. > > I have about 20 - 25 cookies that I tell CCleaner to keep. > > I don't know about the IE cookies, but no problem if they're deleted. > IE will replace them anyway if the site is accessed. > > Woody