Cookie Management Recipe for Google Tag Manager

This Google Tag Manager Recipe was originally posted by Lunametrics.

It allows you to set or remove cookies via data layer pushes. See the recipe description for details of the information to include in the data layer push.

Set a cookie by pushing an event to the Data Layer with the following syntax:

dataLayer.push({
 'event': 'setCookie',
 'attributes': {
 'cookieName': 'my_cookie_name',
 'cookieValue': 'my_cookie_value',
 'cookieDomain': 'www.myhostname.com',
 'cookiePath': '/',
 'cookieExpires': 1 // Number of days - provide a fraction for periods less than 24 hours
 }
});

To remove the same cookie, use the following syntax:

dataLayer.push({
 'event': 'removeCookie',
 'attributes': {
 'cookieName': 'my_cookie_name',
 'cookieDomain': 'www.myhostname.com',
 'cookiePath': '/',
 }
});

Related Resources

You might also be interested in these two guides:

1. How to set and read cookies with Google Tag Manager
2. How to install cookie consent notification with Google Tag Manager

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download Container File
   Download the container JSON file (right-click on the link and click “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to save the JSON file to your computer).
2. Import JSON File into GTM
   Log into your own Google Tag Manager container and head to the Admin section of the site. Under Container options, select Import Container. Read this blog post for more details about importing a container file.
3. Preview & Publish
   Use the Preview options to test this container on your own site. Try testing each of the events to make sure they’re working properly. If everything looks good, go ahead and publish!

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