What cookies do we use on the Quora Platform? (Please Note: we may change the cookies we use at any time. While we will try to update this list within a reasonable time frame, this list may not always be totally up-to-date.)
First party cookies (Prefixed with m-)
Formatted as cookie name (technical name): purpose
- Browser Id (b): Used to authenticate your identity to Quora
- Session Id (s): Used to authenticate your identity to Quora
- Login Access Token (lat): Used to authenticate your identity to Quora
- Time Zone (tz): Allows Quora to display times in the correct time zone
- CSS Version (css_v): The last version of our CSS the browser has cached. Used for speed optimizations.
- JS Version (early_v): The last version of our JavaScript the browser has cached. Used for speed optimizations.
- Webfonts Loaded (wf-loaded, js-wf-loaded): Which of our fonts the browser has loaded. Used for speed optimizations.
- Cookie Messages (qm-<number>): Stores activity to improve personalization
- Login (login): Helps with issue detection
- OAuth Platform (platform): Keeps track of what page to forward to after authentication
- OAuth Target (target): Keeps track of what page to forward to after authentication
- Ad Conversion (conv_<number>): Used to optimize ad delivery
- Seen Advertisment (sa): Used to optimize ad delivery
- Login Redirect URL (login_redirect_url): Stores the url of last page visited so that a person can be redirected after logging in.
- Nux Redirect URL (nux_redirect_url): Stores the url to redirect a person to after setting up an account
- Page Size (page_size): Keeps track of the selected page size when using manual pagination
- Search Query (qsu-q): Performance improvements for searching on Quora
- Recent Activity (tgvs): Stores activity to improve personalization
- Twitter OAuth Access Key (twitter_oauth_access_key): Enable a person to login to Quora using Twitter
- Mobile Web Last URL (mwebLastUrl): Enables a person to linking directly from mobile web to the correct page in the Quora app
- Mobile Web Last URL Timestamp (mwebLastUrlTimestampMs): Enables a person to linking directly from mobile web to the correct page in the Quora app
- Requested URL (toRequestPath): Fixes an Android OS issue with http_referer.
- Reload on Back (reloadOnBack): Forces reload when navigating back in order to show the latest information to a person.
- Screen Size (screen_size): Keeps track of browser's screen size so the Quora UI can be adjusted appropriately
- Ads Manager Filter Time (ads_filter_time): Stores a person's preferences in our Ads Manager.
- Ads Manager Start Date (ads_filter_start_date): Stores a person's preferences in our Ads Manager.
- Ads Manager End Date (ads_filter_end_date): Stores a person's preferences in our Ads Manager.
Third party cookies
Formatted as cookie name (technical name): purpose