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title: "How to detect the operating system on the client machine?"  
description: "How to detect the operating system on the client machine?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-04-23  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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# How to detect the operating system on the client machine?

In order to detect the operating system on the client machine, the navigator.appVersion string (property) should be used.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

In order to detect the operating system on the client machine, the navigator.appVersion string (property) should be used.


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