What is My User Agent?

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My User Agent Is:

CCBot/2.0 (https://commoncrawl.org/faq/)

Websites use User Agents for a Few Interesting Reasons:

What Does a User Agent Look Like?

A user agent is a string of words and numbers that looks like this:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36

This might look confusing, but it's actually saying:

How to Find Your User Agent

Want to see your user agent? Here's how:

Can You Change Your User Agent?

Yes, you can! Sometimes people want to pretend they're using a different device or browser. This is called "spoofing." It can help:

Examples of Browser User Agents

Browser User Agent Example
Google Chrome Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36
Mozilla Firefox Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:90.0) Firefox/90.0
Apple Safari Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) Safari/537.36
Microsoft Edge Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) Edg/91.0.864.59

Final Thoughts

A browser user agent is a handy little thing that helps websites work better for you. Now that you know what it is, you can even try changing it or checking what yours says!

Want to learn more? Check out this guide from Mozilla.