---
title: "How to store data on client in HTML5?"  
description: "How to store data on client in HTML5?"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2011-08-29  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1187/how-to-store-data-on-client-in-html5  
category: "html5"  
tags: ["html5"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# How to store data on client in HTML5?

HTML5 offers two new objects for storing data on the client:

**LocalStorage -** stores data with no time limit

```
<script type="text/javascript">localStorage.lastname="Smith";
document.write(localStorage.lastname);</script> 
```

**SessionStorage -** stores data for one session.The data is deleted when the user closes the browser window.

```
<script type="text/javascript">sessionStorage.lastname="Smith";
document.write(sessionStorage.lastname);</script>
```

## Answers

### Answer by Chris Anderson

HTML5 offers two new objects for storing data on the client:

**LocalStorage -** stores data with no time limit

```
<script type="text/javascript">localStorage.lastname="Smith";
document.write(localStorage.lastname);</script> 
```

**SessionStorage -** stores data for one session.The data is deleted when the user closes the browser window.

```
<script type="text/javascript">sessionStorage.lastname="Smith";
document.write(sessionStorage.lastname);</script>
```


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