Hello I need to destroy javascript cookies on a page refresh. I need to set a new bunch of cookies on every page load which help me render the web page based on user options. Is there a method to destroy cookies on a page refresh??

Hello I need to destroy javascript cookies on a page refresh. I need to set a new bunch of cookies on every page load which help me render the web page based on user options. Is there a method to destroy cookies on a page refresh??

• javascript
• cookies
• refresh

• If you rewrite the cookies the old values disappear. – mplungjan Commented Jul 29, 2010 at 17:16
• well what would the event be, when I rewrite my cookies?? – sai Commented Jul 29, 2010 at 17:22
• if your page loads after onunload then you are refreshing so you could test the age of a cookie you set in onunload and onload see if it is less than a minute old, you refreshed – mplungjan Commented Jul 29, 2010 at 17:51

2 Answers 2

May be you could remove cookies on page unload.

For example, with jQuery:

$(window).unload(function() {
  //Destroy cookies here
});

You need to detect the page refresh, have a look at:

Detecting Page Refreshes :: Using JavaScript on Client-Side

Once you know that, you should be able to delete the cookies.