Cookie Usage
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What Cookies Are
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Cookie Usage
We use cookies to remember what you have read, personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our advertising and analytics partners.Cookies are required to use the site and to provide your use of the site free of charge.
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These are the main cookies set during normal operation of the forum:
- xf_csrf: This cookie is used to store a user's cross-site request forgery token, preventing other applications from making malicious requests on the user's behalf.
- xf_session: This cookie is used to store a user's session identifier.
- xf_user: This cookie is used to store a user's "remember me" token, which allows us to keep you logged in to the software as you navigate from page to page.
- xf___crossTab: This local storage item is used to store information used to communicate across tabs, such as the current cross-site request forgery token.
- xf_cacheKey: This local storage item is used to store the cache key used for offline storage items.
- xf_dbWriteForced: This cookie is used to indicate that the request should be completed using the database write server.
- xf_editorDisabled: This local storage item is used to store whether or not a user has the rich text editor enabled.
- fr-copied-html: This local storage item is used to store a user's copied rich text when pasting into the text editor.
- fr-copied-text: This local storage item is used to store a user's copied plain text when pasting into the text editor.
- xf_guestUsername: This local storage item is used to store a guest user's username.
- xf_inline_mod: These cookies are used to store a user's currently selected inline moderation items.
- xf_language_id: This cookie is used to store a user's selected language.
- xf_lbSidebarDisabled: This local storage item is used to store whether or not a user has toggled the lightbox sidebar.
- xf_ls: This cookie is used to store a user's local storage contents in the event their browser does not support the native local storage mechanism.
- xf_multiQuote: These local storage items are used to store a user's multi-quote selections.
- xf_notice_dismiss: This cookie is used to store a user's dismissed notices.
- xf_style_id: This cookie is used to store a user's selected style.
- xf_tfa_trust: This cookie is used to determine if a user has previously chosen to trust this device without requiring further two-step verification for a period of time.
- xf_toggle: This cookie and local storage item are used to store a user's preferences for toggling various controls open or closed.
- xf_visitorCounts: This local storage item is used to store counts of a user's unread conversations and alerts.
- xf_emoji_usage: This cookie is used to store which emojis a user has recently used when composing a message.
- xf_from_search: This cookie is used to track when a user has arrived on the site from a search engine.
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Removing/Disabling Cookies
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Managing your cookies and cookie preferences within your browser's options/preferences varies by which browser you are using to view the web. Here is a list of guides on how to manage your cookies and cookie preferences for popular browser software: