The cookies Squarespace uses

We use cookies to help your site run effectively and provide the best experience for your visitors. This guide describes the cookies we place on visitors to your Squarespace site. This guide doesn’t cover the cookies Squarespace uses on visitors to our websites or users of our web or mobile apps.

For more information about our use of cookies, including cookies we use on squarespace.com and our web and mobile apps, visit our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve your visitors’ browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features.

Functional and Required Cookies

Squarespace uses some necessary cookies because they allow visitors to navigate and use key features on your site. These cookies vary from site to site depending on the features it uses. For example, Functional and Required Cookies help these features work:

Name	Purpose, type, and duration
_acloggedin	Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account. Cookie January 1, 2025
_client_acloggedin	Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account. Cookie January 1, 2025
algoliasearch-client-js	Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster. localstorage Persistent
AWSALB, AWSALBCORS	Improves performance in Scheduling by using one server for the duration of the session. Cookie 1 week
CART	Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart Cookie 2 weeks
CHECKOUT_WEBSITE	Identifies the correct site for checkout when Checkout on Your Domain is disabled. Cookie Session
Commerce-checkout-state	Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal sessionstorage Session
Crumb	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). Cookie Session
hasCart	Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart Cookie 2 weeks
Locked	Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. Cookie Session
PHPSESSID	Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling. Cookie 1 month
RecentRedirect	Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. Cookie 30 minutes
remember_client	Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account. Cookie 365 days
siteUserCrumb	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users. Cookie 3 years
SiteUserInfo	Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account Cookie 3 years
SiteUserSecureAuthToken	Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account Cookie 3 years
squarespace-announcement-bar	Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it localstorage Persistent
squarespace-likes	Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post. localstorage Persistent
squarespace-popup-overlay	Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it localstorage Persistent
ss_sd	Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions. Cookie Session
Test	Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors. Cookie Session
TZ	Allows a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences. localstorage Persistent

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site. Storing these cookies is how we populate the data you find in Squarespace Analytics, such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart abandonment.

You can disable Squarespace Analytics and Performance cookies at any time.

Cookie Name	Duration	Purpose
ss_cid	2 years	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cookieAllowed	30 days	Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies
ss_cpvisit	2 years	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvisit	30 minutes	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvr	2 years	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvt	30 minutes	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Disable Analytics and Performance Cookies

To stop Squarespace from placing these cookies on visitors’ browsers, you can disable Analytics and Performance cookies at any time:

In the Home Menu, click Settings, and then click Cookies & Visitor Data.
Check Disable Squarespace Analytics Cookies.
To also display a cookie banner, check Always, then check Enable Cookie Banner. (To learn more, visit Adding a cookie banner.)
Click Save.

You can also disable collecting these cookies from visitors until they accept your cookie policy in a cookie banner.

How disabling cookies changes what you see in Analytics

After you disable Analytics cookies, some data in Squarespace Analytics won’t be a complete or accurate representation of visitor behavior.

Each pageview event will count like it’s from a new visitor each time. As a result, visits and unique visitors might appear much higher than normal. Each pageview will count as its own visit, when in reality, one visitor might view multiple pages. So, it might look like you have more visitors than you actually have in panels like:

Traffic
Sales

Another effect of disabling cookies is that clicks, order conversion rates, and referrer attributions in panels like Traffic Sources and Form & Button Conversions won’t be accurate. This is because disabling cookies prevents Analytics from connecting consecutive visitor events in the same session.

Additionally, if someone visited your site before you disabled cookies and returns when cookies are disabled, that person will count as a new visitor, since we’ll ignore those cookies and attempt to remove them to follow your decision.

Check your cookies

For the most common browsers, you can:

See which cookies are active in your browser’s settings.
Clear cookies from your browser or device, either globally or from a specific website.

For help locating cookies on your device, visit your browser's documentation:

Add a cookie banner

Certain laws may require website owners to inform their visitors of cookies and ask for visitors’ consent to use them. To learn how to add a notice to your site, visit Adding a cookie banner.