You can use our free online cookie scanner to check and audit a website for the first-party and third-party cookies that are in use.
Simply enter the domain you want to check in the input field, wait 30-60 seconds while the site is being analyzed. Once done you’ll see an organized overview of cookies, storage and IndexedDB files being dropped.
Cookie Scanning Tool FAQ
Yes, the cookie scanner is fully free to use and doesn’t require any registrations. You simply input the domain you want to check and hit the scan button.
The cookie analyzer will visit the domain you’ve entered, try to interact with the cookie consent banner if you checked for that option, scroll down the page it’s visiting and then report back any cookies or storage files it identifies.
It emulates visiting the website as a regular user.
Depending on the jurisdiction your website operates in, you are required to inform users of the cookies your website is using. And if you’re under GDPR legislation you need to collect consent before dropping tracking cookies, and give an option to withdraw consent.
As a website owner it can sometimes be difficult to actually know which cookies that are being dropped – using a cookie scanner tool makes it easy to identify. You can then use the results and include that in your website disclaimer and policy and include in your consent banner.
We aim to continue to develop this tool to be the best cookie scanner out there, and we welcome any input and feature requests. Just get in touch with us an put “cookie scanner” in the subject line.