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| Cookie | Category | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
abiRedirect | Functional | Enables import of address book during onboarding flow for users who choose to import their address book |
ABSELB | Marketing | This is Load Balancer Cookie for affiliate marketing |
ac_L | Functional | Counts the number of times the account center banner, which is displayed to inform users with an incomplete profile how to complete their profile, was closed by a user to determine display logic |
ac_LD | Functional | Contains the date when the account center was displayed to a user to determine display logic |
all_u_b | Functional | To know if a user has opted in to viewing LinkedIn on an unsupported browser |
AnalyticsSyncHistory | Analytics | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries |
appLang | Functional | Used to set the right language on the LinkedIn Lite app |
appName | Functional | Used to identify the source as the LinkedIn Lite app to send the right service worker to the app |
bcookie | Marketing | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. |
BizographicsOptOut | Marketing | This cookie is used to determine opt-out status for non-members |
brwsr | Marketing | This cookie is used to Affiliate Marketing Cookie for LinkedIn |
bscookie | Marketing | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. |
ccookie | Functional | To remember if a user received a captcha challenge. |
chp_token | Functional | Used to denote whether the user has gone through two factor authentication or solved a Captcha. |
cookie.policy.banner.eu | Functional | Used to display cookie banner in LinkedIn Lite |
cookie.policy.banner.nl | Functional | Used to display cookie banner in LinkedIn Lite on the Netherlands site. |
denial-client-ip | Functional | Stores user IP address for anti-scraping and DOS prevention |
denial-reason-code | Functional | Used for anti-scraping and DOS prevention |
df_ts | Analytics | Device fingerprinting sampling for performance optimization |
f_token | Functional | Used to detect bots for anti-scraping |
fcookie | Functional | Used for bot detection. |
feed-sort | Functional | Used to remember a member's preference how the feed should be sorted |
__guid | Marketing | Stores and tracks a visitor's identity for marketing purposes, including user ID and event history. |
_guid | Marketing | This cookie is used to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google Ads |
integration_type | Functional | Used to determine which integration traffic is coming from to render the profile namecard experience |
interstitial_page_reg_oauth_url | Analytics | Stores the referring page to ensure the Authentication screen displays correctly |
IRLD | Marketing | This cookie is used for Affiliate Marketing Cookie for LinkedIn |
l_page | Analytics | This cookie is used for measuring conversion metrics on LinkedIn |
lang | Functional | Used to remember a user's language setting |
li_a | Functional | Used to authenticate enterprise users on Sales Navigator and Recruiter |
li_alerts | Functional | Used to track impressions of LinkedIn alerts, such as the Cookie Banner and to implement cool off periods for display of alerts |
li_apfcdc | Functional | Used for triggering the abuse prevention features on member device. |
li_cc | Analytics | Used to ensure a user's phone number is inputted in China |
li_cu | Functional | Used to map a user to a captcha challenge page |
_li_dcdm_c | Marketing | This cookie is used by LinkedIn for targeting and advertising purposes, delivering relevant ads and tracking ad campaign effectiveness. |
li_ec | Functional | Used to store unbound enterprise users' cookie consent |
li_ep_auth_context | Functional | User to authenticate LinkedIn enterprise customers |
li_fat_id | Functional | Member indirect identifier for Members for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics |
li_feed_xray | Analytics | Used to show new items in developer option 'Feed X-ray' |
li_gc | Functional | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
li_giant | Functional | Indirect indentifier for groups of LinkedIn Members used for conversion tracking |
li_gp | Functional | Stores privacy preferences for guests to LinkedIn |
li_gpc | Functional | Used to remember a user's preferences on LinkedIn's Global Privacy Control |
li_mc | Functional | This cookie is used as a temporary cache to avoid database lookups for a member's consent for use of non-essential cookies and used for having consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side |
li_oatml | Marketing | Collects information about how visitors use our site. |
li_odapfcc | Functional | Used to control the number of abuse prevention features collected from member device. |
li_referer | Functional | Used to detect bots. Cookie remembers the referring website before redirecting the user to captcha for authorization |
li_rm | Functional | Used as part of the LinkedIn Remember Me feature and is set when a user clicks Remember Me on the device to make it easier for him or her to sign in to that device |
li_sugr | Marketing | Used to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity outside the Designated Countries |
li_theme | Functional | Remembers a user's display preference/theme setting |
li_theme_set | Functional | Remembers which users have updated their display / theme preferences |
liap | Marketing | Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or to allow for the Linkedin follow feature. |
lidc | Marketing | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
lihc_auth_ | Functional | Used by LinkedIn HelpCenter Live Chat to store language and chat start timestamp. Example names of this cookie include lihc_auth_en, lihc_auth_es, depending on language preference. |
lil-lang | Functional | Stores user's selected language setting for LinkedIn Learning |
lissc | Marketing | Pending |
lls-integration | Functional | Validates whitelisted partners for content integrations |
lms_ads | Marketing | This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising |
lms_analytics | Functional | Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytics |
ln_or | Analytics | Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain |
lss_bundle_viewer | Analytics | Stores consent when a user agrees to view a Smartlinks link |
_ly_su | Marketing | Used by LinkedIn to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity for advertising purposes. |
PLAY_FLASH | Functional | Used by some LinkedIn services to facilitate the display of messages on page transitions . Users include notifying a user when a form is successfully submitted or fails , and to provide other similar notifications. |
PLAY_LANG | Functional | Used by some LinkedIn services to remember a user's language preference |
PLAY_SESSION | Functional | Used by some LinkedIn services to store session information |
pushPermInfo | Functional | Used across multiple LinkedIn services to determine cool off for push notification prompts |
pushPermState | Functional | Used across multiple LinkedIn services to determine the user's push notification permission preference |
queryString | Analytics | This cookie is used to persist marketing tracking parameters |
recent_history | Functional | Used to remember URLs visited by the guest to show the pages back where they left off |
recent_history_status | Functional | Used to determine whether a user enabled or disabled the Guest Recent History Setting |
redirectFromM2MInviteAccept | Functional | Determines the appropriate profile display logic when a user accepts an invitation to connect on LinkedIn from a LinkedIn member via email. |
redirectFromM2MInviteSent | Functional | Used to notify and provide the appropriate profile display logic when the user sends an invitation to connect on LinkedIn from a LinkedIn member via email. |
rtc | Functional | Used as part of anti-abuse processes on LinkedIn |
sdsc | Functional | This cookie is used for signed data service context cookie used for database routing to ensure consistency across all databases when a change is made. Used to ensure that user-inputted content is immediately available to the submitting user upon submission |
sharebox-suggestion | Analytics | Displays a banner that provides help text to first time users of the Elevate share box |
spectroscopyId | Marketing | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the 'Apply with LinkedIn' or the 'Sign-in with LinkedIn' functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. |
trkCode | Marketing | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled 'Follow Us' |
trkInfo | Marketing | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled 'Follow Us' |
uh | Functional | Used to set the user preference for the mobile web platform via a user's settings |
UserMatchHistory | Marketing | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the 'Apply with LinkedIn' or the 'Sign-in with LinkedIn' functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. |
VID | Analytics | ID associated with a visitor to a LinkedIn microsite which is used to determine conversions for lead gen purposes |
wwepo | Functional | Used to ensure that useres who choose to sign up using phone only have that setting and preference respected |
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Last updated 2026-09-27.