A colleague told me that by removing an Internet Explorer file called index.dat, I can save space on the hard disk. So I searched and found I had two such files: one in \Windows\Temporary Internet Files and another in \Windows\Cookies. I deleted the file in the Temporary Internet File folder and this regained an extra 15MB. My cookie index file is rather bloated, too. Can I safely delete that as well?
Yes, in theory you can. However, if you do that you might as well delete all the cookie files. Without index.dat, Internet Explorer won't be able to access the locally stored cookies. By deleting them, you will erase information stored about you by some websites, such as your user ID and password and other important preferences. See also tip, Clear out Temporary Internet Files.
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