What are Cookies?
A cookie is a piece of data stored in your web browser created by the websites (server) you visit.
Use of cookies
- Cookies are generally used to remember user actions and to identify the user.
- With cookies, sites can keep you signed in.
Who can access the cookies?
- Cookies can only be read by the website that created that cookie. A website cannot access the cookies of other websites.
- You (the user) can choose to delete existing cookies, allow or block all cookies, and set preferences for certain websites.
How to view cookie data of a website?
First, open the site which cookie data you want to see, then go to the developer tools of your browser. Use to following keyboard shortcuts to open the developer tools –
- Windows =
CTRL + Shift + I - Mac =
⌘ + Option + I
After that, go to the Application tab » Storage section » Cookies » choose domain » Cookie-Data
