# Cookie Classification & Editing | Secure Privacy Guide

> [CMP v1] Learn how to edit cookie categories, service names, privacy policy links, and descriptions in Secure Privacy's Classification feature — and when to rescan to apply your changes.

- Canonical: https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/cmp-v1-how-to-classify-and-edit-your-cookies-and-services
- Product: Consent Management
- Category: Secure Privacy Legacy
- Published: 2026-03-06T12:44:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-03-22T22:01:02.317+00:00
- Reading time: 3 minutes

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Secure Privacy's **Cookie Classification** feature lets you review, edit, and recategorize the cookies and services detected on your website — including their category, service name, privacy policy link, and description. Changes to cookie classification are applied to your cookie declaration after a domain rescan.

**Note:** Any changes made to cookie classification will only be reflected in your cookie declaration after you trigger a website rescan from the Report section.

## Who Is This For?

-   Website administrators reviewing and correcting cookie categories assigned by the Secure Privacy scanner
    
-   Compliance teams ensuring cookies are accurately classified as Essential, Analytics, Marketing, or other categories
    
-   Developers updating service names, privacy policy links, and cookie descriptions in the classification register
    

## How to Access Cookie Classification

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account and select the domain you want to work with by clicking the domain name selector and choosing the correct domain.
    
2.  Click **Classification** in the left sidebar.
    

![Secure Privacy Classification page showing the list of detected cookies and services with category assignments and Edit buttons](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/539bcb96f73c1162651a-36f0d3b369a2.webp)

## How to Edit the Category of a Cookie or Service

1.  Locate the cookie or service you want to edit and click its **Edit** button.
    
2.  Select the required **Category** from the dropdown list to match your compliance requirements and business logic.
    

![Secure Privacy cookie edit modal showing Category dropdown with available classification options for a detected service](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/287dc8f653da6f6550d7-53cad07a3eb3.webp)

**Note on terminology:** **Host** refers to the domain name of the website that places the specific cookie. **Service** is the widely recognized name or tag associated with that cookie — for example, "Google Analytics" or "Facebook Pixel."

3.  In addition to the **Category**, you can also edit the **Service** name or tag, the **Privacy Policy** link, and the **Description** for the cookie. Click **Save** to apply your changes.
    

![Secure Privacy cookie classification edit form showing Service name, Category, Privacy Policy link, and Description fields with Save button](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/d800a0e513a63617e172-b82a22fc30f5.webp)

**Important — Multiple categories:** If a service shows a **Multiple categories** value, it means the individual cookies from that service provider have been assigned to different categories. This can cause unexpected behavior in your Consent tracker: if a visitor blocks one category but allows another from the same service provider, **all cookies from that provider will be blocked** — because the block action takes precedence over the allow action. Review and align the categories for all cookies from the same service provider to avoid this.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do I need to rescan after editing cookie classifications?

Yes. Changes to cookie classification are not reflected in your live cookie declaration until you trigger a website rescan from the **Report** section. Run a rescan after completing your classification edits to apply the updates.

### What is the difference between Host and Service in the classification view?

The **Host** is the domain name of the website that sets the cookie — for example, `analytics.google.com`. The **Service** is the human-readable name associated with the cookie — for example, "Google Analytics." Editing the Service name updates how it appears in your cookie declaration to visitors.

### What should I do if a cookie is assigned to the wrong category?

Click **Edit** next to the cookie or service and select the correct category from the Category dropdown. Common categories include Essential, Analytics, Marketing, Functional, and Unclassified. Save the change and rescan your domain to update your cookie declaration.

## See Also

-   [How to Block a Cookie in the Scan Report](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/cmp-v1-block-cookies-manually-in-secure-privacy-scan-report)
    
-   [How to Add a Custom Service or Cookie](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/cmp-v1-how-do-i-add-a-custom-servicecookie)
    
-   [Secure Privacy Pricing Plans Overview](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/secure-privacy-pricing-plans--consent-management-platform)