---
title: "Tracking Opt-Out and Opt-In"
manual: "LUX"
version: "44.4"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/in2code/lux:tracking-opt-out-and-opt-in@44.4"
source: "Privacy/OptInAndOptOut.md"
rendered: "2026-10-01T13:13:23+00:00"
---

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## Tracking Opt-Out and Opt-In {#tracking-opt-out-and-opt-in}

### Opt-In or Opt-Out functionality {#opt-in-or-opt-out-functionality}

First of all you have to decide, if LUX should track by default (no extra Opt-In needed, but an Opt-Out for disabled tracking) or if your website visitor should allow the tracking (normally done in a cookie banner popup - so with Opt-In functionality).

Per default LUX tracks visitors without their explicit agreement and they have to Opt-Out if they don't want to be tracked any more (see some examples below how to Opt-Out). If you want to not automaticly track your visitors without their agreement, you can use the opt-in functionality of LUX.

In th first step, you have to disable the `autoenable` function via **TypoScript constants**:

```
plugin.tx_lux.settings.autoenable = 0

```

Now, LUX will not track visits per default (you can double check if `data-lux-autoenable="0"` is set in your HTML source). In the next step, you can place an HTML-element anywhere on the page with `data-lux-trackingoptin="true"`. A manual click on this element will allow the tracking (a local storage record `luxTracking=true` is set in the browser).

```
<span data-lux-trackingoptin="true">Opt-In for LUX analyses</span>

```

This can also be disabled again with an element like:

```
<span data-lux-trackingoptin="false">Opt-Out for LUX analyses</span>

```

As an alternative, you can directly access JavaScript functions to Opt-In or Opt-Out. This is helpful if you work with a cookie banner or a cookie lightbox like Usercentrics or a similar solution.

If you add the default JS before, what is normally automatically done via TypoScript setup in LUX (file EXT:lux/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Lux/Lux.min.js and if you have also installed LUXenterprise file EXT:luxenterprise/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Lux/LuxEnterprise.min.js), you can use this JavaScript:

```
# Opt-In
var Lux = LuxSingleton.getInstance();
Lux.optIn();

# Opt-Out
var Lux = LuxSingleton.getInstance();
Lux.optOut();

# Opt-Out and reload for a stop of all tracking mechanism at once
var Lux = LuxSingleton.getInstance();
Lux.optOutAndReload();

```

#### Example usage of OptIn with Cookiebot consent manager {#example-usage-of-optin-with-cookiebot-consent-manager}

If you want to disable tracking by default and enable tracking via Cookiebot consent manager, you could add a JavaScript to your page like:

```
<script type="text/javascript">
  window.addEventListener('CookiebotOnAccept', function(e) {
    if (!Cookiebot.consent.marketing) return;
    var Lux = LuxSingleton.getInstance();
    Lux.optIn();
  }, false);
</script>

```

Note: Do not forget to use `plugin.tx_lux.settings.autoenable=0` via TypoScript setup

### Opt-Out Plugin {#opt-out-plugin}

As known from Matomo (former known as Piwik) also LUX offers a Plugin for an Opt-Out possibility for visitors. You can use it as a regulare editor.

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### DoNotTrack Header {#donottrack-header}

Browsers support a (per default turned off) option to inform the website that the visitor don't wants to be tracked. This is the *DoNotTrack* or *DNT* setting. Even if this rare used feature of the browser is only a recommendation, LUX will respect this setting of course!

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**Note:** While Firefox turns on the DNT by default for anonymous tabs, Chrome and Internet Explorer never turn this setting on by default.

**Note:** LUX works with local storage by default. Maybe you want to switch to the cookieless fingerprint mode. See [Fingerprints vs. local storage](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/in2code/lux:introduction@44.4)