# Does FireBox use any cookies?

Original URL: https://www.fireplugins.com/docs/troubleshoot/does-firebox-use-any-cookies/
Last updated: 2025-05-27T21:55:55+03:00

Yes, it sets cookies in the following two cases.

 **Visitor ID Cookie**
A cookie with the name “fpfid” is used to identify uniquely each visitor.

 - The value of the cookie has a unique ID for each visitor
- Does not exchange information with other cookies
- Does not transmit any data to a third party app

 This cookie will only be stored in the visitor’s browser if any of the following requirements are met:

 - The Analytics option is enabled
- The Opening Behavior > Opening Behavior > Show Frequency option is set to something other than “Every Time Page Loads”
- The Viewed Another Popup Publishing Rule is enabled

 This cookie lasts for 24 hours and is recreated once expired.

 **Close Event Cookie**
A cookie in the form *firebox_ID* is set every time a popup is closed. Typically is used by the plugin to decide if a popup should stay hidden. This affects popups that have the Behavior > Closing Behavior > “If the user closes the popup” option enabled.

 **Visitor Persistent & Session Cookies**
Two cookies named *fpfvp* and *fpfvs* are used by FireBox when the Condition [The New/Returning Visitor Condition](https://www.fireplugins.com/docs/display-conditions/new-returning-visitor/) is used in order to identify whether the user is new or returning.

 The “fpfvp” cookie lasts for 1 year.

 The “fpfvs” cookie lasts for 20 minutes.

 No personal information such as IP address, User Agent string or the Joomla! User ID is stored in any cookie case.