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This guide shows you how to use [Chrome DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools) to view, edit, and delete [`sessionStorage`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Window/sessionStorage)
key-value pairs. Session storage clears when the page session ends.

[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8krh_Qduk)

## View `sessionStorage` keys and values

1. [Open DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/open.md.txt) on the website you want to inspect.

2. Navigate to **Application** \> **Storage** and expand **Session Storage**. Click a domain to view its key-value pairs.

   ![The key-value pairs of youtube.com.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/the-key-value-pairs-yout-b460ada7c50ba.png)
3. To preview the value below the table, select a pair.

   ![Viewing the value of the selected key.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/viewing-value-the-selec-d0e0ee30458fe.png)

To manually refresh the key-value pairs, click **Refresh** in the action bar at the top.

## Filter key-value pairs

To quickly find a key-value pair you need, type into the filter box at the top a string that either the key or value contains.

![Filtering out key-value pairs that don't contain the string 'false'.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/filtering-key-value-pair-1bb4851401584.png)

## Create a new `sessionStorage` key-value pair

1. [View the domain's `sessionStorage` key-value pairs](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage.md.txt#view). For example, on this [demo page](https://jec.fish/demo/storage).
2. Double-click the empty part of the table. DevTools creates a new row and focuses your cursor in the **Key** column.
3. Enter a new key-value pair.

## Edit `sessionStorage` keys or values

1. [View a domain's `sessionStorage` key-value pairs](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage.md.txt#view). For example, on this [demo page](https://jec.fish/demo/storage).
2. Double-click a cell in the **Key** or **Value** column to edit that key or value.
3. Refresh the page to apply.

## Delete `sessionStorage` key-value pairs

1. [View a domain's `sessionStorage` key-value pairs](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage.md.txt#view). For example, on this [demo page](https://jec.fish/demo/storage).
2. Click a key-value pair to select it.
3. Click ![Delete.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/delete-63b62f7af2f1e.svg) **Delete** in the action bar at the top to remove the selected pair. ![Deleting the selected key-value pair.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/deleting-selected-key-va-675252c76f954.png)
4. Alternatively, click ![Clear all.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/clear-1afd056ff79.svg) **Clear all** to remove all pairs.

## Interact with `sessionStorage` from the Console

Since you can run JavaScript in the **Console** , and since the **Console** has access to the page's
JavaScript contexts, it's possible to interact with `sessionStorage` from the **Console**.

1. In DevTools, open the **Console**.
2. If you want to access the `sessionStorage` key-value pairs of a domain other than the page you're on, [select the JavaScript context](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/reference.md.txt#context) you need from the context drop-down menu in the action bar at the top.
3. Run your `sessionStorage` expressions in the **Console**, the same as you would in your JavaScript.

![Interacting with `sessionStorage` from the Console](https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/devtools/storage/sessionstorage/image/interacting-sessionstor-493fb238eebd6.png)