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You can click this label to see the options for ignoring your visits. </p> <div class="white-bordered-image-container"> <img src="/images/support/block_visits_you.png"> </div> <p>There are two ways to ignore your visits in Statcounter</p> <h3>Ignore Visits from Your IP Address</h3> <p>This is the best method as long as your IP address doesn’t change often.</p> <ol> <li>While Logged in to Statcounter, visit your <a href="/">Projects Page</a> and navigate to the relevant project by clicking on the project title.</li> <li>Open the Project Config menu at the bottom left of the screen and select Ignore Visits.</li> <li>Under “Ignore Visits From Others”, select “Ignore your current IP?Address: “ to add your IP address to the list and select the “Save Changes” button.</li> </ol> <p>This will ignore your IP address from the selected project. If you wish to ignore your IP address from all projects, check the checkbox labelled “Ignore IP addresses on all projects.”</p> <h3>Ignore Visits From Your Computer</h3> <p>Please note that you must enable cookies in your browser and ensure that cookies are not regularly deleted by either your browser or your antivirus software. A blocking cookie must be set up for each separate browser you use.</p> <ol> <li>While Logged in to Statcounter, visit your <a href="/">Projects Page</a>.</li> <li>Select Blocking Cookie from the left navigation menu. The “Create Single Blocking Cookie Covering all Projects” button will save a cookie to your browser and prevent your visits to any of the projects in your account from being tracked in Statcounter.</li> </ol> <p><strong>To set a blocking cookie for an individual project:</strong></p> <ol> <li>While Logged in to Statcounter, visit your <a href="/">Projects Page</a> and navigate to the relevant project by clicking on the project title.</li> <li>Open the Project Config menu at the bottom left of the screen and select Ignore Visits.</li> <li>Under “Ignore Visits From This Computer”, select the “Create Project Blocking Cookie“ button.</li> </ol> <div class="message info one-line "><p class="clearfix">Please note that you must enable cookies in your browser and ensure that cookies are not regularly deleted by either your browser or your antivirus software. 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id="comments-container"><a class="link-anchor" id="comments-top"></a><h2>6 Comments</h2><ul><li id="comment-368" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-368" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Dec 10 2022</span> at 14:18 by <span class="username_alias bold">StarvingArts</span></div> <div class="text">I don't bother with using cookies to block my own traffic. I use my IP address and it appears to work all the time. I have been using StatCounter for many years. </div></div></li><li id="comment-325" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-325" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Jan 27 2022</span> at 00:08 by <span class="username_alias bold">lemonde</span></div> <div class="text">My Mac with Chrome the blocking cookie just does not work. I have reset everyting many times to no avail. AAAAGH!</div></div></li><li id="comment-305" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-305" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Aug 17 2021</span> at 08:37 by <span class="username_alias bold">rsinmadrid</span></div> <div class="text">I use a strict cookie policy in Firefox (Win), and up until a few days ago, the blocking cookie worked fine. But it abruptly stopped working, I believe when version 91.0 (64 bit) was installed. Re-installing the cookie did not help. Adding Statcounter.com to the (allow) list of exceptions fixed the problem. Just an FYI for others who might experience the same difficulty.</div></div></li><li id="comment-229" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-229" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Jan 6 2021</span> at 12:24 by <span class="username_alias bold">ostroff</span></div> <div class="text">Update: this feature has started working for me now. Weird, it definitely did not work when I posted before. Anyway, glad that I can now prevent my own usage from appearing in the reports!</div></div></li><li id="comment-228" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-228" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Jan 4 2021</span> at 15:41 by <span class="username_alias bold">ostroff</span></div> <div class="text">I am having the same problem. Have set the blocking cookie and also my ip address. The visitor activity correctly identifies my own site usage with the "you" tag, however all my activity is included in the log. I have checked my desktop browser (Safari) to ensure that cookies are accepted.<br /> <br /> I am developing a mobile app, and have also done the same things on two Android phones and two iPhones. All of this activity is also shown in the log. Have logged into statcounter in Chrome and Safari on the phones and it says the blocking cookie is enabled.<br /> <br /> Is this just broken, or is there something else I can do to avoid recording my own activity.<br /> <br /> Thanks, aside from this minor issue I find Statcounter very useful</div></div></li><li id="comment-227" class="comment"><a id="comment_id-227" class="link-anchor"></a><div class="comment-content"><div class="heading"><img src="/images/icon-comment.svg">Posted on <span class="bold">Dec 27 2020</span> at 21:35 by <span class="username_alias bold">MckeanPepper</span></div> <div class="text">This does not work every time I visit my page it records my visit. </div></div></li></ul><form id="comments-form" method="POST"> <a class="link-anchor" id="comments-form-new"></a><div class="login-signup-container"><div><a href="/login/?c=%2Fsupport%2Fignore-your-own-visits%2F%23comments-top">Log in</a> to leave a comment.</div><div>Not a member? <a href="/sign-up">Try Statcounter free for 30 days!</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>  <div id="contact-support-banner"> <div class="row clearfix"> <div class="col col-span-12"> <h2>Didn't find your answer here?</h2> <h3>Our support team is here to help you!</h3> <a href="/support/contact/" id="email-support">Contact Support</a> </div> </div> </div><footer> <div class="row clearfix"> <div class="col col-span-3"> <h3 id="product-title">Product</h3> <ul id="product-menu"> <li><a href="/features/">Features</a></li> <li><a href="/pricing/">Pricing</a></li> <li><a href="/how-it-works/">How It Works</a></li> <li><a href="/about/recommendations/">Our Customers</a></li><li><a href="/success-stories/">Success Stories</a></li><li><a href="/demo/summary/">Demo</a></li> </ul> <h3>Get the App</h3> <ul id="mobile-apps" class="clearfix"> <li id="app-ios"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/statcounter-free-real-time/id903409665?mt=8" target="_blank">Statcounter iOS App</a></li><li id="app-android"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.statcounter.statcounterapp" target="_blank">Statcounter Android App</a></li><li id="app-windows"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/statcounter-web-analytics/9nblggh5q10j" target="_blank">Statcounter Windows App</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col-span-3"> <h3>Company</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/about/mission/">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/press-release/">Press Releases</a></li> <li><a href="/careers/">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="/about/legal/">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/about/link-to-us">Link To Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://gs.statcounter.com/" target="_blank">Global Stats</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col-span-3"> <h3>Support</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/default/">Installation</a></li> <li><a href="/support/using-statcounter/">Using Statcounter</a></li> <li><a href="/support/faq/">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="//api.statcounter.com/" target="_blank">API</a></li> <li><a href="/support/contact/">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col-span-3"> <h3>Explore</h3> <ul><li><a href="/google-analytics-alternatives">Google Analytics Alternatives</a></li><li><a href="/statcounter-vs-google-analytics">Statcounter vs Google Analytics</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.statcounter.com/">Statcounter Blog</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </footer><div id="sub-footer"> <div class="row clearfix"> <div class="col col-span-6"> <p class="center-text"><span class="nowrap">© Statcounter 1999-2024.</span>   <span class="nowrap">All rights reserved.</span></p> </div><div class="col col-span-6 clearfix"> <ul id="social-links" class="clearfix"> <li id="link-facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StatCounter-276618292699885/" target="_blank">Statcounter on Facebook</a></li> <li id="link-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/statcounter" target="_blank">Statcounter on Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div></div> </div><div id='sc-perf-wh' class='sc-perf session-replay-block'>webf003</div><div id='sc-ttfb-bd' class='sc-perf session-replay-block'>65.193176269531</div> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.cookie.indexOf("landing=")==-1) { var exdate=new Date(); 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