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title: Browsing Cookies
description: "Cookies, more properly called HTTP cookies, are small bits of data stored as text files on a browser.Websites use those small bits of data to keep track of users and enable user-specific features. Using **Shield** an Admin can **add Browsing Cookie**…"
url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/browsing-cookies/"
updated: "2025-07-18"
category: "Chrome Audit & Management"
tags:
  - GAT Shield
---

# Browsing Cookies

Cookies, more properly called HTTP cookies, are small bits of data stored as text files on a browser.Websites use those small bits of data to keep track of users and enable user-specific features. Using **Shield** an Admin can **add Browsing Cookie** to their website (domain) and child sub-domains Using cookies the server can obtain particular information about the browser:

For instance:

- that this is not your first visit to the site
- that you are logged in to the service and many more

Additional information regarding Cookies can be found here:

### Enable Cookies

Navigate to**GAT Shield (1)→ Configuration (2)→ Browsing Cookies (3)→ New Cookie (4)**

![GAT Shield Browsing Cookies section showing the "+ New Cookie" button that allows creating a new Cookie entry.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-1.png)

A new menu will pop-up, fill in the details required.

- **Name** - Enter the Cookie name (1)
- **Value** - Enter the Cookie value (2)
- **Cookie domain** - Select the **main domain**(3) (from the drop-down menu) and pick the subdomain (4) (optional)
- **Path **- Enter Path (5) (optional)
- **Submit** - Click on the button to save the cookie (6)

![New Cookie creation wizard window displaying the Name, Value, Cookie domain, Path fields and the Submit button.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-2.png)

### Result

When the **Cookie** is saved, it will be set and assigned to the selected domain (site).

The Cookies gathered by the user's browser are displayed in **Shield** (1)**→ Audit**(2)**→ Cookies**(3)

![GAT Shield Cookie Audit section showing all Cookies in a table and the option to view the Details of each individual cookie record.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-11.png)

To review each Cookies record, hover over its right side until the **Details** button appears. Click on the **Details** button (4) displayed to review additional information about the Cookies in question.

![The individual Cookie details window displays all relevant information.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-5.png)

#### Edit Cookie

The saved Cookie can be Edited ("pen" icon)  or Deleted ("trash" icon). These functional icons appear when you hover your cursor over the right side of a Cookie record.

Navigate again to **Configuration → Browsing Cookies **

![Browsing Cookies section showing the option to Edit or Delete the Cookie record.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-8.png)

### Cookie Audit Log

The Audit log allows browsing the Cookie configuration history.

![The Browsing Cookie Admin Log button is displayed, which redirects to a pre-filtered section of the GAT Shield Admin Log.](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-9.png)

The "Admin Log" button displayed in the "Browsing Cookies" section redirects to the "Admin Log" section in GAT Shield, which includes a predefined filter that returns all related logs. This filter shows all administrator activity related to Cookies—regardless of whether they were created, modified, or deleted.

![Admin Log section showing all the actions made for Browsing Cookies, e.g. Create Cookie, Update Cookie, Delete Cookie. ](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cookie-10.png)

Entries in the audit log are **immutable**.