Nicolas Bouliane

LocalStorage gotchas in Internet Explorer and Safari

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localStorage.setItem will throw an “Access denied” error in Internet Explorer InPrivate Browsing mode. Likewise, Safari will give you QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: DOM Exception 22: An attempt was made to add something to storage that exceeded the quota.

To avoid those errors, you will need to wrap your localStorage access in a try/catch block.