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How can I turn cookies back on?

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Whenever I try to sign into my youtube it goes to a page that says "Your browser's cookie functionality is turned off. Please turn it on.". I came here for help, and so far everything it has said to do has done nothing for me.

Whenever I try to sign into my youtube it goes to a page that says "Your browser's cookie functionality is turned off. Please turn it on.". I came here for help, and so far everything it has said to do has done nothing for me.

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hello Hana1654, please go through all the steps mentioned in Websites say cookies are blocked - Unblock them and see if this can address the issue...

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I followed them, but it still didn't work.

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do you use any external security/cleanup/sandboxing-tool that might interfere with the cookie management in firefox?

you could also try to generally reset firefox and see if this can address the issue...

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Does it work in Private Browsing mode?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.

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Note that Firefox will try to import cookies with a reset, so this might still possibly migrate the problem to the new profile.

Modified by cor-el