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How to Void a Cookie and Delete it from the Browser

You can specify an expiration date, using the setMaxTime(int) method of javax.servlet.http.Cookie. Specifying an expiration time of zero will void the cookie, and delete it from the browser.

 // Expire the cookie immediatelycookie.setMaxTime( 0 );// Send cookie back to the browser to void itresponse.addCookie(cookie);

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