Developer tools for cookies

Chrome provides multiple tools to help you understand cookie usage on your site.

Chrome DevTools

The easiest way to view cookie information in Chrome is from Chrome DevTools. Click the ⋮ button to the right of the address bar and select More Tools > Developer Tools.

Open the Chrome DevTools: click the ⋮ button to the
right of the address bar and select More Tools > Developer Tools
Access DevTools from Chrome's main menu. Open Chrome DevTools explains all the ways to do this.

The Cookies pane in the Application panel

The Cookies pane in the Application panel lets you view and filter cookies used by the current site and any embedded resources.

The Cookies pane in the Chrome DevTools Application panel showing information for the site web.dev
View cookie information from the Cookies pane in the Chrome DevTools Application panel.

Cookies information in the Network panel

The Chrome DevTools Network panel highlights cookies with issues, and shows a warning icon next to the cookies affected where third-party cookies aren't available.

Chrome DevTools Network panel showing reason for cross-site cookie blocking
View cookie information from the Chrome DevTools Network panel.

Privacy Sandbox Analysis Tool

The Privacy Sandbox Analysis Tool (PSAT) is a Chrome extension that augments DevTools with a set of features to help you understand cookie usage and transition away from third-party cookies.

Privacy Sandbox Analysis Tool showing cookie information.
View cookie information from the Privacy Sandbox Analysis Tool.

Chrome Network Log

Chrome makes it possible to record a log file of the browser's network-level events and state. This can be useful for deep analysis of how and when cookies are set or blocked.

chrome://net-export output viewed in the netlog viewer
chrome://net-export output viewed in the netlog viewer

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