Returns a Boolean value indicating whether cookies are enabled or not (read-only).
var cookieEnabled = navigator.cookieEnabled;
cookieEnabled is a Boolean true or false.if (!navigator.cookieEnabled) {
// let the user know that enabling cookies makes the web page much more useful
}
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'Navigator.cookieEnabled' in that specification. | Living Standard | Initial definition |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier)[1] | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
| Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.0)[1] | ? | ? | ? |
[1] Prior to Gecko 8.0 (Firefox 8.0 / Thunderbird 8.0 / SeaMonkey 2.5), window.navigator.cookieEnabled would report the wrong result if a site exception was in place for the page on which the check was performed. This has been fixed.
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