Cookie Policy

Last updated: November 22, 2025

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site.

Calculator Forge uses cookies to enhance your experience, understand how you interact with our service, and improve our calculators and tools.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

  • To enable certain functions of the Service
  • To provide analytics and improve our calculators
  • To store your preferences (such as dark mode settings)
  • To remember your calculator history and saved calculations
  • To understand how visitors use our website

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.

  • Session Cookies: Maintain your session while using our calculators
  • Security Cookies: Authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use
  • CSRF Tokens: Protect against cross-site request forgery attacks

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your theme preference) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.

  • Theme Settings: Remember your dark/light mode preference
  • Calculator Preferences: Save your default calculator settings
  • Language Preferences: Remember your language selection

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

  • Usage Analytics: Track which calculators are most popular
  • Performance Metrics: Monitor website speed and performance
  • Error Tracking: Identify and fix technical issues

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization.

  • Calculator History: Store your recent calculations
  • Saved Calculations: Remember calculations you've bookmarked
  • User Preferences: Store custom settings for different calculators

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service and deliver advertisements on and through the Service.

These third-party services may include:

  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)
  • Content delivery networks (CDNs)
  • Font providers (e.g., Google Fonts)

Cookie Duration

Cookies can be "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

  • Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. These help us recognize you as a returning visitor

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting the settings in your web browser.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Important Note

If you choose to disable cookies, some features of Calculator Forge may not function properly. Specifically, your preferences won't be saved, and some calculators may not work as intended.

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save your calculator data and preferences locally on your device. This data never leaves your browser unless you explicitly choose to save or share it. Local storage allows for:

  • Faster calculator performance
  • Offline functionality for some calculators
  • Preservation of your calculation history
  • Storing your custom calculator configurations

You can clear local storage data through your browser's developer tools or by clearing your browser data.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: