Cookie Policy
The three cookies Qualia sets, what each one does, and how to remove them.
Last updated October 4, 2026
A cookie is a small piece of information a website asks your browser to store. Qualia sets three cookies, all of them its own. Two are needed to sign in; the third remembers a setting you choose.
Cookies Qualia sets
| Name | Purpose | Lifetime | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
__Host-ql_session | Keeps you signed in. It holds a random token; Qualia keeps only a hash of it. Scripts on the page cannot read it. | 30 days from sign-in, or until you sign out | Strictly necessary |
__Host-ql_oauth | Protects sign-in while you are on Discord. It holds a one-time check value, a code verifier and the page to return you to, and is deleted when sign-in finishes. | 10 minutes | Strictly necessary |
ql_fx | Remembers that you chose “Reduce effects” on a profile, which turns off profile animations and visual effects. It is set only if you choose that, and turning effects back on removes it. | 1 year | Preference |
__Host-ql_session- PurposeKeeps you signed in. It holds a random token; Qualia keeps only a hash of it. Scripts on the page cannot read it.
- Lifetime30 days from sign-in, or until you sign out
- TypeStrictly necessary
__Host-ql_oauth- PurposeProtects sign-in while you are on Discord. It holds a one-time check value, a code verifier and the page to return you to, and is deleted when sign-in finishes.
- Lifetime10 minutes
- TypeStrictly necessary
ql_fx- PurposeRemembers that you chose “Reduce effects” on a profile, which turns off profile animations and visual effects. It is set only if you choose that, and turning effects back on removes it.
- Lifetime1 year
- TypePreference
The __Host- prefix tells your browser to accept a cookie only over a secure connection, and only from Qualia’s own address.
What Qualia doesn’t use
Qualia has no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Its pages don’t load scripts, images or fonts from other websites, so nothing else can set cookies through them. The one exception is Cloudflare, the network in front of Qualia: when it needs to tell people from automated traffic it can set its own short-lived security cookies (such as __cf_bm), which are needed for security and not used to track you. Qualia doesn’t use local storage or similar browser storage to track you either.
Because every cookie Qualia sets is either needed for sign-in or set by a choice you make, Qualia doesn’t show a cookie banner.
Removing cookies
You can see and delete cookies in your browser’s settings, usually under privacy or site data. Deleting the session cookie signs you out, and signing out removes it. Deleting ql_fx turns profile effects back on.
If you block cookies for Qualia, you can still read public pages, but you won’t be able to sign in.
Changes
This page will be updated if the cookies Qualia sets change. The date at the top shows when it last changed. For everything else about your information, see the Privacy Policy.