What is the difference between local storage and cookies?

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Originally Posted by rekhaweb

Local storage

- Local storage stores the data in the form of key and value
- The data is stored for longer duration and remains in the browser unless user delete it explicitly, it remains even after computer restart
- No way to specify the time out period as the Cookies have
- Good to store large amount of data, up to 4MB

Cookies

- Good for small amount of data
- Difficult to work with JavaScript
- All data is transferred to and from server, so bandwidth is consumed on every request

Hi, very important information thanks for sharing.