Deleting IE6 cookies programmatically

Question

Is there a way to delete IE6 cookies programaticaly? I have come across solutions for IE7 and IE8 using something like RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2 but this does not work for IE6. I've tried a simple batch file to delete the contents of temporary internet files folder but that fails due to some files being in use.

Answer 1

The proper way to do this is to use the WinINET cache enumeration functions (FindFirstUrlCacheEntry, FindNextUrlCacheEntry) to enumerate the cookie store, then call DeleteUrlCacheEntry on each cookie.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326201 has a related code sample to get you started.

There are many command line utilities that will do this if you're just looking for a scriptable solution and don't actually need to integrate the code into some larger project...