Title: Cookies
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cookies

 *  [bphil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bphil/)
 * (@bphil)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookies-14/)
 * Hi guys,
 * a question regarding a self-hosted wordpress installation’s habit to set cookies:
 * a) why is that happening?
    b) how can I stop it?
 * I understand that cookies are necessary for log-in purposes and I am not concerned
   about that. What I wonder is why cookies are set for a regular visitor. Navigating
   to my page ride.i-d-e.de with a Chrome incognito window I see two entries in 
   the Cookie Departement:
 * _pk_id.1.349e
    _pk_ses.1.349e
 * If at all possible I would like WordPress to set no cookies whatsoever for the
   regular visitor. Is that possible? What would be the drawbacks?
 * All best,
    Philipp

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 *  Thread Starter [bphil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bphil/)
 * (@bphil)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookies-14/#post-4988266)
 * Sorry guys, my bad.
    It’s not wordpress, it’s my piwik installation.
 * Mea culpa.
 *  [Eric Carson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric-carson/)
 * (@eric-carson)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookies-14/#post-4988567)
 * For the love of all things holy, I can’t find a way to enable my damn cookies?

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 * [cookies](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cookies/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Eric Carson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric-carson/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookies-14/#post-4988567)
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