Cookie name

Level

Description

CMSCookieLevel

System

Specifies which cookies are enabled by the visitor.

ASP.NET_SessionId

System

Keeps the user session ID for security reasons.

CMSPreferredCulture

Essential

Stores the visitor's preferred content culture.

CMSMobileRedirected

Essential

Indicates if the visitor has been redirected to the mobile version of the website by the Mobile device redirection web part.

CMSCurrentTheme

Essential

Stores the name of the current visual theme to provide proper design to the dialog windows.

Webauthtoken

Essential

Live ID authentication cookie.

CMSForumPostAnswer

Essential

Keeps a list of Question-Answer forum posts in which the user user voted for an answer to prevent repeated votes.

CMSVotedPolls

Essential

Keeps a list of polls where the user voted to prevent repeated votes.

CMSRatedDocuments

Essential

Keeps a list of documents that the user rated to prevent repeated votes.

CMSShowDesktopVersion

Essential

Indicates that the visitor has switched to the desktop (default) version of the website from a specific device profile.

.ASPXFORMSAUTH

Essential

Stores the user's encrypted authentication ticket when using forms authentication.

FormState

Editor

Form state flag to allow restoration of failed requests.

CMSPreferredUICulture

Editor

Stores the preferred UI culture of the user.

CMSViewMode

Editor

Stores the user's current view mode (Edit, Preview, Design, etc.).

CMSUserWords

Editor

User's custom word dictionary kept by the spell checker.

DisplayContentInDesignMode

Editor

Remembers the user's setting of the Display web part content checkbox on the Design tab in CMS Desk.

CMSMacroDesignerTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the macro designer.

CMSSiteFilter

Editor

Remembers the state of the site selector within the UI.

CMSSplitMode

Editor

Remembers the state of the language version split-view mode when editing multilingual websites.

CMSAnalyticsTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Analytics section in CMS Desk -> Content.

CMSPropertyTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Properties section in CMS Desk -> Content.

CMSPreviewState

Editor

Stores the user's latest page design preview preferences.

CMSViewTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the View section in CMS Desk -> Content.

CMSValidationTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Validation section in CMS Desk -> Content.

CMSProductTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Product section in CMS Desk -> Content.

CMSEdVariantSliderPositions<templateid>

Editor

Remembers the position of the variant slider when defining variants for MVT or Content personalization.

CMSOnSiteButtonMinimized

Editor

Remembers if the user minimized the button used to open the website in On‑site editing mode.

CMSWebPartToolbarCategory

Editor

Stores the selected web part category on the web part toolbar.

CMSWebPartToolbarMinimized

Editor

Remembers if the user minimized the web part toolbar on the Design tab.

CMSCurrentDeviceProfileName

Editor

Stores the selected device profile when editing documents.

CMSDeviceProfileRotate

Editor

Stores the rotation preferences applied in Preview mode when using device profiles.

CMSUniGraph

Editor

Stores the user's Snap to grid preference in the advanced workflow and marketing automation designer.

CMSSessionToken

Editor

Stores the token used by the web service that provides the advanced workflow and marketing automation designer.

VisitorStatus

Visitor

Indicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistic by the Web analytics module.

Campaign

Visitor

Stores the web analytics Campaign assigned to the visitor.

UrlReferrer

Visitor

Stores the URL referrer from which the user arrives on the website.

CurrentContact

Visitor

Stores the GUID of the contact related to the current site visitor. Used to track activities on the website.

CMSAB<ABtestname>

Visitor

Stores the name of the page variant assigned to the visitor by an A/B test. Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor.

CMSMVT<mvtestname>

Visitor

Stores the combination of variants assigned to the visitor by an MVT test. Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor.

CMSNoTestMVT<templateid>

Visitor

Stores the currently selected MVT combination for editors in the administration interface.

CMSShoppingCart

Visitor

Stores a reference to the user's active shopping cart.

CMSBodyClass

Visitor

Body element class to provide accessibility standards.

CMSEd<GUID>Current

Visitor

Stores the current step of Wizard layout web parts.

ChatLoggedInToken

Visitor

Stores the login state for the Chat module (indicates if the user is in the online state).

ChatSupportLoggedInToken

Visitor

Indicates if the user is logged in to the support chat.

<Window name>_<Group ID>_roomID

Visitor

Stores bindings between groups of chat web parts and chat rooms (for a specific window or tab).

chat_autoinitchat_displayed_<GUID>

Visitor

Remembers if the Automatically initiated chat web part was shown to the user (prevents multiple chat initiation messages).

chat_kick_roomid_<room ID>

Visitor

Indicates that the user was kicked from the specified chat room (and is not allowed to return).