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It varies by browser, but you can usually change your cookie settings by going to the browser "Options" or "Settings" menu and finding the "Privacy" settings. Or, just search your browser's "Help" menu for "enable cookies". You should then be able to access usaa.com.

SAFARI for iOS (iPhone and iPad)

Step 1: Go to Settings, then scroll down and select “Safari”. Step 2: Scroll down to “Privacy & Security”. Step 3: Verify “Block All Cookies” is ticked (green/white), click to allow cookies. Step 4: Clear the browser cache and reopen the browser.

On your Android phone, open the Chrome app. At the top-right corner, tap More (three vertical dots), then tap Settings. Tap Site settings > Cookies.

To facilitate testing, Chrome has restricted third-party cookies by default for 1% of Chrome Stable clients and 20% of Canary, Dev and Beta clients. During this testing period, it is important for sites and services to start preparing for third-party cookie restrictions, including moving to more private alternatives.

If you block all cookies, there are a few downsides. You may not be able to save products inside a shopping cart between sessions, you may have to log into a site every time you open and close your browser, and you may not get tailored ads, but may see irrelevant ads more frequently.

Most websites need you to enable cookies in order for them to work. Cookies are small bits of data which websites can store on your computer as you browse their site. Cookies are typically used to help websites remember that you've logged in, or perhaps to store your personal preferences for that website.

Cookies can be helpful because they help sites remember you. This memory can help improve your individual user experience. Why is this a good thing? They already know about you and can tailor your website experience to your interests — making your browsing experience quicker, more focused, and more helpful.

Tap the three vertical dots in the top right of the browser window, then choose Settings. Tap Site Settings and choose Cookies. Here you can turn your cookies on or off.

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Cookies can sometimes be a problem, though. You might need to clear your cookies on an iPhone to resolve a problem with the way your browser is behaving, or to save storage space. And some privacy advocates recommend blocking cookies entirely, so that websites can't glean personal information about you.

Clearing your cookies regularly helps maintain the privacy and security of your personal information online. It also enhances your overall experience.

Deleting the cache and cookies data regularly helps to troubleshoot, helps to increase the loading time of web pages, loads new versions of web pages and increases the performance of your computer.

By not accepting cookies, you eliminate the chance a hacker could hijack your cookies and use the data inside to access sites while pretending to be you. There are times when accepting cookies is particularly risky, including: Accepting third-party cookies. Accepting cookies your antivirus flagged as malicious.

Websites use HTTP cookies to streamline your web experiences. Without cookies, you'd have to login every time you leave a site or rebuild your shopping cart if you accidentally closed the page. Making cookies is an important part of the modern internet experience.