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Posted by Alex Chow
Alex Chow
4,521 Points

Google Analytics Results

Is there a way to exclude myself from the results on Google Analytics? I'm coding my first site and I tend visit it multiple times to test features I've updated and see what I can improve on. I would like to exclude myself to get a more accurate result of people who visit my site.

1 Answer

Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points
Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points

If you have static IP, you can exclude that with Analytics filters.

If you're using Chrome, you can also use Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout, this might be available for other browsers as well.

One option is to make a code on your site that reads value from url and sets cookie based on that, which disables Analytics when used. For example, www.example.com/?ga=false, you can read GET value for ga, if it's "false" you can set cookie and based on that cookie you disable or enable Analytics on your site. So this way you only need to use given url once, then your browser will remember your status as long as cookie lasts.

Last option is to delete Analytics on your site while your testing.

Hope this helps!