How to clear cookies in javascript without keeping any expiry time

Question

How to clear cookies with out keeping any expiry time.

i have created a cookie like this

document.cookie = "visited=yes";

i need to remove this cookie.

How can i do that..?

Thanks in advance

document.cookie = 'visited=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;'; — Dev, Jun 26 '14 at 08:12
document.cookie = "visited=yes;expires=Fri, 31 Dec 1980 23:59:59 GMT;" — Bemmu, Jun 26 '14 at 08:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '14 at 08:16

Usually you would just update your cookies expiry time to delete it.

document.cookie = "expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT";

You can also write an empty cookie to reset it's values:

document.cookie = "key=";

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