clearCookies
Clear browser cookies for a domain.
Cypress automatically clears all cookies before each test to prevent state from being shared across tests when test isolation is enabled. You shouldn't need to use this command unless you're using it to clear specific cookies inside a single test or test isolation is disabled.
Syntax
cy.clearCookies()
cy.clearCookies(options)
Usage
Correct Usage
cy.clearCookies() // Clear cookies for the currrent domain
Arguments
options (Object)
Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of cy.clearCookies()
.
Option | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
domain | Hostname of the current URL | Clears the cookies from the specified domain |
log | true | Displays the command in the Command log |
timeout | responseTimeout | Time to wait for cy.clearCookies() to resolve before timing out |
Yields
cy.clearCookies()
yieldsnull
.
Examples
No Args
End-to-End Only
Clear cookies after logging in In this example, on first login our server sends us back a session cookie. After
invoking cy.clearCookies()
this clears the session cookie, and upon navigating
to an unauthorized page, our server should have redirected us back to login.
// assume we just logged in
cy.contains('Login').click()
cy.url().should('include', 'profile')
cy.clearCookies()
cy.visit('/dashboard') // we should be redirected back to login
cy.url().should('include', 'login')
Rules
Requirements
cy.clearCookies()
requires being chained off ofcy
.
Assertions
cy.clearCookies()
cannot have any assertions chained.
Timeouts
cy.clearCookies()
should never time out.
Because cy.clearCookies()
is asynchronous it is technically possible for there
to be a timeout while talking to the internal Cypress automation APIs. But for
practical purposes it should never happen.
Command Log
Clear cookies after getting cookies
cy.getCookies().should('have.length', 1)
cy.clearCookies()
cy.getCookies().should('be.empty')
The commands above will display in the Command Log as:
When clicking on clearCookies
within the command log, the console outputs the
following: