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Is JavaScript enabled?

A one-glance check of whether JavaScript is running in your browser — and a small demonstration of how sites detect it. If this page's live status shows enabled, JS is on; the classic trick is a <noscript> tag that only appears when it is off. It also reports whether cookies are enabled and if you are online.

Is JavaScript enabled? works straight from this page — free, instant, nothing to install. It sits under Data & computing in our catalogue, alongside JavaScript Minifier / Beautifier and ASCII Table Reference.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What is Is JavaScript enabled??

A one-glance check of whether JavaScript is running in your browser — and a small demonstration of how sites detect it. If this page's live status shows enabled, JS is on; the classic trick is a <noscript> tag that only appears when it is off. It also reports whether cookies are enabled and if you are online.

When would I actually use this?

Finding out how big a thing will be before you make it: how many gigabytes an hour of footage takes, how long a file needs on the connection you have, how large a photo prints before it goes soft, what bitrate fits the budget you were given.

What is the most common mistake?

Taking the advertised connection speed as the transfer speed. A 100 Mb/s line is megabits, the file is in megabytes, and the eight-fold difference between them is where most download estimates go wrong — before overhead and contention take their own share.

How is Is JavaScript enabled? different from JavaScript Minifier / Beautifier?

They sit next to each other but answer different questions: JavaScript Minifier / Beautifier is the one to open when you need it to minify or beautify JavaScript in your browser, with a tokenizer that respects strings, regex and comments. Pick whichever matches what you're starting from — both are free.

Where do the figures come from?

Byte prefixes follow the IEC convention where a kibibyte is 1 024 bytes and a kilobyte is 1 000 — drive makers use the second, operating systems often report the first, and a disk that shrinks on arrival is that gap and nothing else. Print sizing assumes 300 dpi unless you change it.

Further reading

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ExplainerWhat Is Bitrate? Bits per Second, CBR vs VBRBitrate is how many bits of data a video or audio stream uses each second. Learn how it sets quality and file size, and the difference between constant and variable bitrate.ExplainerHow Much Data Streaming Uses: SD, HD, and 4K per HourSee how many gigabytes per hour SD, HD, and 4K video use, and how to check a monthly streaming habit against a data cap.How-toHow Much Internet Speed Do You Need? A Household GuideWork out the internet speed your home needs by adding up Mbps per video stream, video call, and gamer, with clear examples.ExplainerWhat an Availability Percentage Actually AllowsThree nines sounds like a promise until you divide it into minutes. What 99.9 % buys per year, per month, per week and per day; why the measurement window matters far more than the extra nine; and the two different months this tool uses for the same slug.How-toHow to Write a Cron Expression: Five Fields and the OR Rule Nobody MentionsMinute, hour, day of month, month, day of week. The traps are that a step is a stride through a range and not an interval, and that the two day fields are combined with OR — so 0 0 1 * 1 fires on the 1st and on every Monday.ExplainerHow Unix File Permissions Work: Reading 755 Without GuessingRead is 4, write is 2, execute is 1, and each of the three digits describes a different party. The part most explanations get wrong is what the execute bit does on a directory — it grants traversal, not the right to run anything.