We had a recent need to delete IE cookies from a specific website throughout the organization.
'==========================================================================
' NAME: DeleteIeCookies
' AUTHOR: Nick Moseley , http://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com
' VERSION:
' 1.0 (08/11/2011) - Initial script
' 2.0 (11/10/2011) - Updated to support Win7 vs. WinXP
' COMMENT: Deletes the cookies specified in variable CookieName. To use,
' set variable "CookieName" to what you need to delete.
'==========================================================================
Option Explicit
Const CookieName = "yahoo"
Const ForAppending = 8
Const HKLM = &H80000002
Const EnableLogging = True
Const LogFile = "C:\DeleteIeCookies.log"
' Basic objects
Dim oReg, oShell, oFSO, iCountFiles
Set oReg = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
iCountFiles = 0
' Get user folder location for Vista/7 vs. XP
Dim sOS
If oFSO.FolderExists ("C:\Users") Then
sOS = "win7"
Else
sOS = "xp"
End If
'==========================================================================
' Begin log file etnries
'==========================================================================
If EnableLogging = True Then
Dim oVersionLog
If Not oFSO.FileExists(LogFile) Then
oFSO.CreateTextFile LogFile
End If
Set oVersionLog = oFSO.OpenTextFile (LogFile, ForAppending, True)
oVersionLog.WriteLine "Delete Craigslist cookies"
oVersionLog.WriteLine " => Began at " & Date & " " & Time
End If
'==========================================================================
' Get list of folders in C:\Users
Dim oUserFolders, oFolder, colFiles, oUserCookieFolder, oFile
If sOS = "win7" Then
Set oUserFolders = oFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users")
Else
Set oUserFolders = oFSO.GetFolder("C:\Documents and Settings")
End If
For Each oFolder In oUserFolders.subfolders
If sOS = "win7" Then
DeleteFile ("C:\Users\" & oFolder.name & "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies")
DeleteFile ("C:\Users\" & oFolder.name & "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low")
Else
DeleteFile ("C:\Documents and Settings\" & oFolder.name & "\Cookies")
DeleteFile ("C:\Documents and Settings\" & oFolder.name & "\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files")
End If
Next
' End logging
If EnableLogging = True Then
oVersionLog.WriteLine " => Total number of deleted cookies: " & iCountFiles
oVersionLog.WriteLine " => Completed at " & Date & " " & Time
oVersionLog.Close
End If
WScript.Quit
Sub DeleteFile (sFolderPath)
If oFSO.FolderExists (sFolderPath) Then
Set oUserCookieFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sFolderPath)
Set colFiles = oUserCookieFolder.Files
For Each oFile In colFiles
If InStr (oFile.Name, CookieName) Then
'WScript.Echo "file: " & oFile.Name
If EnableLogging = True Then
oVersionLog.WriteLine " => Deleted " & sFolderPath & "\" & oFile.Name
Else
'WScript.Echo sFolderPath & "\" & oFile.Name
End If
oFSO.DeleteFile sFolderPath & "\" & oFile.Name
iCountFiles = iCountFiles + 1
End If
Next
End If
End Sub


#1 by Bill on November 10, 2011 - 6:31 am
Hi there,
I am a newbie at Scripting, so please bear with me. I need to delete a specific cookie, anything with “@website.org”, e.g. (IE7) wherever it may reside on every XP machine. Will this script accomplish this? If not, as written, what would I need to modify to make it do this?
I would appreciate your earliest convenient reply!
Thanks, and enjoy the day!
WJA
#2 by Bill on November 10, 2011 - 8:41 am
This also must inlcude any user of the machine.
Thx,
WJA
#3 by Nicolas Moseley on November 10, 2011 - 9:00 am
Bill, I updated my code for WinXP to test it, but it’s not locating the cookies properly. Unfortunately I cannot put much more time into it this week, so if you need it right away, I suggest engaging someone within your organization who knows VBScript. Otherwise I can troubleshoot this over the weekend if time permits.
#4 by Bill on November 10, 2011 - 12:51 pm
Hi there,
Yeah, that’s what I thought it was doing, as well. I tried replacing the path as it was here with the actual path in Win XP (“C:\Documents and Settings\”user”\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files”), but couldn’t get it to work.
Did you put that updated code anywhere, or just test it locally?
I have been checking with colleagues, however, unfortunately, we are a small group and we’ve all be loaded down recently with urgent gigs, this, apparently being one of mine ;). Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I’ll check back later and tomorrow in case a little light goes off in yer head before tomorrow.
Thanks, bud, I appreciate it and enjoy the evening!
Bill
#5 by Nicolas Moseley on November 11, 2011 - 11:01 am
Bill, I have updated and uploaded version 2 of my script to support WinXP as well. Not sure why, but the script works on some cookies but not others. For example, it didn’t work for “yahoo” but it did work for “whoscalling”. So try it again in your environment. Remember too that whatever computer you’re running this on, that the logged in user is a local admin.
#6 by Bill on November 12, 2011 - 9:07 am
Thanks, bud. just downloaded it, and about to test. Will let you know how it works.
Bill
#7 by Bill on November 16, 2011 - 6:36 am
Hi there,
Still cannot get it to delete from \Temporary Internet Files\. It delets only from 1st \Cookies Folder. I’ve REM’d the check in the first Cookies folder, to make sure it is only checking the Temp Internet Files, but nio go. It works fine on C:\Documents and Settins\(user)\Cookies, just not the rest.
Ideas?
#8 by James on May 31, 2012 - 6:31 am
Hi admin,
I want del cookie on IE, i try this command:
Run(“RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255″)
But it only apply when i exit IE and run IE again, please help me to apply immediately on the window IE running.
Thanks you.