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Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 11:07 PM

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Xfinity website issues with Cookies Preference Bar

Is this an error or glitch? Every time I visit the Xfinity website, there's issues with cookies preference bar (brown color bar going across the top) that appears at the top. I click onto while viewing my Xfinity account? I've seen it pop up via Xfinity website and Xfinity app. I repeatedly click on the same settings and save. However, repeats with every page I visit. 

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2 years ago

Are you possibly blocking some cookies on this site?

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@MNtundraRET​ No, I'm not blocking them. 

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2 years ago

We'd be happy to help with checking into this cookies preference issue, @user_76fa1c. Have you checked to make sure cookies aren't being blocked on the site as @MNtundraRET suggested? 

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@XfinityCassandra​ No I'm not blocking them. The first one is always enabled. 

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2 years ago

There may be old cookies causing the problem. Go to the forum home page. Click on the padlock symbol on the URL line. Choose option to remove all cookies. Then sign out and sign back in. You should now only have current used cookies.

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2 years ago

Thank you for your advise. I've completed clearing old cookies via history, internet options and disk clean up, logged off and logged back in steps a number of times and your cookies preference bar still pops up every single time I go onto the Xfinity website. The one I select and enable is: Strictly necessary Cookies: These Cookies are required for Service functionality, including for system administration, security, and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities. You can set your browser to block these Cookies, but some parts of the site may not function properly. Your preferences cookies bar appears at the top after logging in and I select the first one save. Whatever page I go to cookies preference bar pops right back up as if I didn't just click on it and saved the settings. 

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2 years ago

An employee will have to look into the problem for you. I have never seen that particular problem. I accept all cookies for the forum site.

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1 year ago

I have the same problem user-76fa1c has. The cookie preferences I select don’t stay selected. Yes, I press the ‘save changes’ bar after I disable all but the strictly necessary cookie options. But when I’m redirected or if I choose a different Xfinity page, I click the cookie preferences bar to see if my previous selections ‘held’, and I see they haven’t held and I have to re-select and save for each Xfinity page I’m on. Additionally, when I first log in to Xfinity, I always always always check the verification code box that says “don’t ask me for this again”. And yet I’m always forced to wait for a verification code. AACK! It’s an aggravating hamster wheel of doing the same thing over and over. Please help me, Obi Wan. You’re my only hope.

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@pammarko​ 

What browser are you using?  I have never seen this popup cookie bar preference and I'm using Firefox.  Have you cleared your browser cache and cookies, closed out your browser, and then started a new session to see if it goes away?

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Hi, Again (that’s a great name) - I’ll screenshot it for you. I’m using Safari as a browser. My iPhone is updated to 16.6.1. I’ve not yet cleared my cache, but I’ll do as you suggest after I screenshot the cookie preferences bar.

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1 year ago

Top shot shows the cookie preferences bar.

Middle shot shows the cookie categories: strictly necessary;  personalized advertising; analytics and performance; and, functional. These categories default to ‘enabled’ even after I’ve disabled them and saved those changes.

Bottom shot shows that I’ve disabled the categories.

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@pammarko

What happens if you keep the last two analytics and functional on instead of rejected?

I still think you need to go into your browser and clear your cookies and cash and start all over again as I mentioned before.

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Sorry. I should have stated that I DID do as you suggested: cleared my cache, closed out, soft reset of the phone, started anew, birds heralding the dawn of a new day with a sparkling clean cache. Same issues present. Also, the analytics and functional options always default to enabled. I’m trying to ‘un-default’ them. I realize Comcast can get the data it wants any number of ways. My desire to disable those particular cookie features is mostly a “why isn’t it working, how do I make it work” exercise.

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Thank you for clearing your cache and cookies @pammarko. I see our amazing Expert Again has provided some really helpful tips. Could you please send our team a direct message with your full name and full address? Our team would like to open a ticket for this issue, to send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

 

Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "Direct Messaging" icon or  https://forums.xfinity.com/direct-messaging
Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there
 - As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list
 - An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
Press Enter to send it.
 
See https://comca.st/3KQF8q9 for an example.

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