About the Cookie Policy Generator
Cookie Policy Generator writes a cookie policy for your website. Enter your business name, website and contact email, then tick the kinds of cookies you use: strictly necessary (always included), preferences, analytics, marketing, social media and cookies from other companies, and whether you ask for consent in a banner. The page produces numbered sections that explain what cookies are, which kinds you use, how visitors can control them, third-party cookies, changes and how to contact you. Copy it, download a PDF or a text file, or take the HTML for your page.
Updated October 2026
How to use the Cookie Policy Generator
- 1Type your business name, website and contact email.
- 2Pick the date the policy starts.
- 3Tick the kinds of cookies your site uses.
- 4Check the preview and edit anything that does not fit.
- 5Copy it, or download the PDF, text file or HTML.
Why sites need a cookie policy
Cookies can track visitors across pages and sites, so privacy laws such as the EU's ePrivacy rules and the GDPR require you to tell people about them and, for most kinds, to ask first. A cookie policy is the place where you list them in plain language and say how to say no.
Choosing the categories
Tick the kinds of cookies you really use. Necessary cookies are always listed. If you use Google Analytics or a similar tool, tick analytics. If you run ads or a tracking pixel, tick marketing. Embedded videos and share buttons often set social media cookies.
- Necessary: login, security, basket
- Preferences: language and theme
- Analytics: visit counts and page use
- Marketing: advertising and retargeting
- Social media: buttons and embeds
Pair it with a consent banner
Most laws expect you to ask for permission before setting non-essential cookies, so link the policy from the banner and make it as easy to refuse as to accept. Record the choice and let people change it later. The policy and the banner must match what your site really does.
Related tools
Pair it with the Privacy Policy Generator and the Terms and Conditions Generator, add the Disclaimer Generator for your content and the Return Policy Generator for a shop. The HTML SEO Checker helps with page quality.
Features
- Necessary, preference, analytics, marketing and social cookies
- Consent and third-party sections
- How-to-control-cookies section
- PDF, text and HTML output
- US Letter or A4 paper
- Private: nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
What is a cookie policy?
A page that explains which cookies your site sets, what they are for and how visitors can accept, refuse or delete them. It is often linked from the cookie banner.
Do I need a cookie policy?
If your site uses cookies beyond the strictly necessary ones and you have visitors in the EU, UK or other regions with cookie laws, yes. Such laws usually also require a consent banner.
What are strictly necessary cookies?
Cookies the site needs to work, such as keeping you logged in or remembering items in a basket. They do not need consent in most places.
Does this tool make a cookie banner?
No. It writes the policy text. A banner, or consent tool, asks visitors for permission and blocks non-essential cookies until they agree.
How do I find out which cookies my site sets?
Open your browser's developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and check each script you added, such as analytics, ads and embedded videos.
Is a cookie policy part of the privacy policy?
They can be separate pages or one page. A separate cookie page is easy to link from the banner.
How often should I update it?
Whenever you add or remove a tool that uses cookies, and at least once a year.
Is my information stored?
No. Everything is written in your browser.