cookieEnabled

Summary

Retrieves whether client-side persistent cookies are enabled. Persistent cookies are those that are stored on the client-side computer.

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = navigator.cookieEnabled;

Returns an object of type BooleanBoolean

false (false)

Client does not support cookies or cookies are disabled.

true (true)

Client does support cookies.

if (!navigator.cookieEnabled) {
  // let the user know that enabling cookies makes the web page much more useful
}

 Some websites may require cookies to be enabled on the client in order to work as intended.

eg. a cookie may be used to store a user token that is used to automatically log a user back in when they return visit.

Use navigator.cookieEnabled to determine if the client web browser has cookies enabled. Display a message if they are not and your site requires it.

Note CookieEnabled does not check the status of session cookies. This property does not check whether third-party persistent cookies are enabled.