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This has left me flabbergasted. I have a site opened on my browser (say stack overflow). And from the browser console I am trying to delete the cookie. I am trying two ways as suggested by many guys online:

var cookies = document.cookie.split(";");
    for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
        var cookie = cookies[i];
        var eqPos = cookie.indexOf("=");
        var name = eqPos > -1 ? cookie.substr(0, eqPos) : cookie;
        document.cookie = name + "=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT";
    }

and the other one as giving an exact cookie name as follows:

document.cookie = '_ga=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;';

After performing any of those two methods, I try enter:

document.cookie

And I see all the list of cookies with nothing changed. What am I doing wrong and how do I check if the cookie is deleted?

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  • did you close the browser and open it back up to the page and see if the cookies are there? Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 15:21
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    what is the use of programatically deleting if I have to close the browser, open and verify. Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 15:28
  • Possible duplicate of Unable to delete cookie from javascript Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 15:38
  • may enter location.reload() -> programmatically Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 15:45
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