# How does cookie consent work?

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**Category:** Cookie Consent
**URL:** https://www.cookieyes.com/knowledge-base/cookie-consent/how-does-cookie-consent-work/

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Cookie consent works by displaying a cookie banner or popup when a user visits a website and giving them the **option to accept (give consent), reject or modify cookie preferences.** Using a cookie banner, a user can give consent to all the cookies on a website, or deny them altogether or provide **granular consent** i.e. enable/disable specific cookie categories. Other than strictly necessary cookies, which are exempt from cookie consent, users are given the ability to decide whether a website can drop cookies on their device or not. -
Users will also have the ability to **withdraw consent** at any time after they have given consent. The cookie consent banner or popup will leave a ‘cookie widget’ or callback button so the user can revisit their cookie settings.