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Providing a Logout Option for Your Users

This tutorial is part of a lengthy discussion on creating a cookie-based login system that will restrict access to specific pages or database records. Click here to read this article from the beginning

In order to logout of the system you simply set the cookie value to a blank string ("") OR set the expiry date to a time in the past. For this example I've used the second method. In this case, I created a blank page and deleted all the html code and inserted the following code:

<%
Response.Cookies("Login").Expires ="1/27/2001"
Response.Redirect "RemoveCookie.asp"
%>

This page expired the cookie and then redirected you to this page once the cookie had been removed. You should see a message below that your cookie has been removed. Otherwise you will see the cookie value.

Your Cookie Has Been Removed

Removing your cookie also logs you out of the website. If you try to access the Welcome Page or the Cookie Test pages you will be redirected to the Login page. You will need to login again to access the password protected area of the website. Click here to do so