Last updated: October 5, 2026.

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file that a website or service stores in your browser and reads back on later requests. Similar tools, such as device identifiers and local storage, work in comparable ways, and this page treats them together.

Cookies set by the publisher

None. TipsAndKnowHow has no logins, carts or saved preferences, so the publisher has no reason to store anything in your browser. Page views are counted with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which works without cookies or local storage; the privacy policy describes what it reports.

Cloudflare cookies

Cloudflare delivers the site and may set strictly necessary cookies while doing so. These help tell real visitors apart from automated traffic and keep the site available during an attack. They are not used for advertising, and the publisher has no access to their contents. Cloudflare describes its cookies in its own documentation.

Advertising cookies

This site uses Google AdSense to display advertising.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Advertising cookies also cover routine jobs such as limiting how many times you see the same ad, detecting ad fraud, and counting views and clicks. Google lists the cookie types it uses at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.

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Consent in Europe

Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are shown a Google-certified consent message before advertising identifiers are used. The answer given in that message controls whether those cookies and identifiers are set for you.

Blocking or deleting cookies in your browser

Every major browser lets you see stored cookies, delete them, block third-party cookies, or block all cookies. The controls sit in the browser's privacy or site data settings, and the exact menu path changes between versions, so the browser's own help pages are the reliable guide. A private or incognito window deletes its cookies when you close it.

Blocking advertising cookies does not stop any guide on this site from working. You may see fewer relevant ads, or the same ad more often.

Related pages

The privacy policy covers email, delivery logs, and your data requests. Questions about cookies on this site can be sent to contact@tipsandknowhow.com. This page is revised when the cookies in use change, and the date at the top shows the latest revision.