Cookies: Deleting a cookie

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To delete a cookie, set its value to empty and set an expiration date in the past:

document.cookie = 'name=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC;'

Include the same path and domain you used when setting the cookie, if you set them.

0:	Introduction
1:	Setting cookies
2:	Setting a cookie expiration date
3:	Setting a cookie path
4:	Setting a cookie domain
5:	Cookies security
6:	Updating a cookie
7:	▶︎ Deleting a cookie
8:	Accessing the value of a cookie
9:	Checking if a cookie exists
10:	Inspecting cookies
11:	Cookie not being set in Safari