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Connecting to a proxy server is a very common requirement at most business establishments. To use Firefox through a proxy it must first be configured to do so. Here is how to do it:

Click the “Firefox” menu. Hover over “Options”, and then select “Options” from the submenu.
Open the “Advanced” category. Click on the “Network” tab.
Click the “Settings” button. This will open the “Connection Settings” window.
Choose “Manual proxy configuration”. This will allow you to enter information in the fields.
Enter your proxy information. Enter the proxy server that you are connecting to in the “HTTP Proxy” field. If you need to enter a specific port, enter it into the “Port” field.
If you are connecting to a different FTP proxy, enter it into the “FTP Proxy” field. If you want to use one proxy server for all of the protocols, check the box underneath the “HTTP Proxy” field.
Press “OK” to save your changes. You may need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.

Deleting specific Cookies in Firefox & Chrome

Sometimes when websites are updated,they tend to change the way they manage cookies.Â What happens then is that there is a small possibility of certain parts of the website not functioning as the old cookies remain in the browser.Â In those cases the best approach is to remove the errant cookie and let the website recreate the cookies.

Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that:

Firefox:

Click on Tools, then Options (or Edit | Preferences on Linux)
Select Privacy
In the Cookies panel, click on Show Cookies
To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the Remove Cookie button
To remove all cookies click on the Remove All Cookies button
VoilÃ , you are done 🙂

Chrome:

Click the “wrench” icon on the browser toolbar (usually on the right extreme)
Click the Under the Hood tab.
Goto the Content settings in the “Privacy” section.
Click the Cookies tab in the Content Settings dialog that appears.
Click All cookies and site data to open the Cookies and Other Data dialog.
To delete all cookies, click Remove all at the bottom of the dialog.
To delete a specific cookie, select the site that issued the cookie, then the cookie, and click Remove.
VoilÃ , you are done 🙂