In this article, we will provide a grid of Magento Standard Cookie as a reference. You can understand all the type of cookies data that the web store based on Magento 2 platform is going to collect. If you want to learn more about the lifetime of session cookies, please read the article about Customer Session Lifetime.
Magento Standard Cookies
COOKIE NAME | COOKIE DESCRIPTION |
CART | The affiliation with the customer’s shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO | Saves the category info on the page to load pages faster. |
COMPARE | The items in the Compare Products list of customers. |
CUSTOMER | The visitor’s customer ID encrypted. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH | Shows if the customer are currently logged in to the store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO | The visitor’s customer group encrypted. |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE | Shows if caching is disabled or enabled. |
FRONTEND | The customer’s session ID. |
GUEST-VIEW | Decides if guests can edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY | The last category visited by the visitor. |
LAST_PRODUCT | The most recent product viewed by the visitor. |
NEWMESSAGE | Shows whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE | Shows if the cache can be used to store information. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about the visitor’s cart and viewing history. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED | Items recently compared by the visitor. |
STF | Information on products the visitor has emailed to friends. |
STORE | The store view or language chosen by the visitor. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Shows if the visitor allows cookies to be saved. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS | The products recently viewed by the visitor. |
WISHLIST | An encrypted list of products added to the visitor’s wishlist. |
WISHLIST_CNT | The number of items in the visitor’s wishlist. |
Google Analytics Cookies
COOKIE | DESCRIPTION |
_utma | Distinguishes visitors and sessions. |
_utmb | Decides new sessions/visits. |
_utmc | Decides if the visitor is in a new session/visit. |
_utmz | Saves the traffic source or campaign that explains how the visitor reached your site. |