# How can I tell the PiwikPro to set Cookie Expire to 30 days programmatically
**URL:** https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709
**Category:** Privacy
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709 "2024-02-28T07:06:36Z")
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### Author:  [@kishorth](https://community.piwik.pro/u/kishorth)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709/1 "2024-02-28T07:06:36Z")
Hello support,
How can I tell the PiwikPro to set Cookie Expires/ Max-Age to 30 days instead of 12 months programmatically? I am not using Tag Manager and I am deploying on my own.
This is the code I use
```auto
var _paq = _paq || [];
_paq.push(["trackPageView"]),
_paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]),
(function () {
var e = "https://foxscribbler.piwik.pro/";
_paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", e + "ppms.php"]),
_paq.push(["setSiteId", "0d96a69e-f206-4b60-9a02-de57294b7f06"]);
var p = document,
a = p.createElement("script"),
r = p.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
(a.type = "text/javascript"),
(a.async = !0),
(a.defer = !0),
(a.src = e + "ppms.js"),
r.parentNode.insertBefore(a, r);
})();
```
This is the [result](https://piwik.pro/cookie-scanner-report/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffoxscribbler.com%2Fvertical-scroll-snap-anchor-links-no-js%2F)
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### Author:  [@anthonybartczak](https://community.piwik.pro/u/anthonybartczak)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709/2 "2024-02-28T07:11:38Z")
Hi @kishorth,
Try using this:
```auto
_paq.push(['setVisitorCookieTimeout', 2592000]);
```
> **[API](https://developers.piwik.pro/en/latest/data_collection/web/javascript_tracking_client/api.html#setVisitorCookieTimeout)**
>
> The following API allows the user to: track page views, track visits on multiple domains and subdomains, track e-commerce events (successful orders, cart changes, product and category views), track...
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### Author:  [@kishorth](https://community.piwik.pro/u/kishorth)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709/3 "2024-02-29T06:20:20Z")
So is my syntax correct?
```auto
var _paq = _paq || [];
_paq.push(["trackPageView"]),
_paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]),
_paq.push(["setVisitorCookieTimeout", 2592000]);
(function () {
var e = "https://foxscribbler.piwik.pro/";
_paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", e + "ppms.php"]),
_paq.push(["setSiteId", "0d96a69e-f206-4b60-9a02-de57294b7f06"]);
var p = document,
a = p.createElement("script"),
r = p.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
(a.type = "text/javascript"),
(a.async = !0),
(a.defer = !0),
(a.src = e + "ppms.js"),
r.parentNode.insertBefore(a, r);
})();
```
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### Author:  [@anthonybartczak](https://community.piwik.pro/u/anthonybartczak)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/how-can-i-tell-the-piwikpro-to-set-cookie-expire-to-30-days-programmatically/3709/4 "2024-02-29T07:47:10Z")
Looks fine to me. It’s worth mentioning that if you previously called `disableCookies` then you should call `enableCookies` before setting the cookie lifetime.