# Is Discourse supposed to log you out across browsers?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 20, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502 "2015-09-20T19:58:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/1 "2015-09-20T19:58:39Z")
I was a bit surprised today as I was doing some testing. When I logged out from [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org) in my Chrome browser, I got logged out of [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org) in my Safari session as well. Also works the other way, as well as on a mobile browser.
[http://erlend-sh.github.io/images/crosslogout.mp4](http://erlend-sh.github.io/images/crosslogout.mp4)
Is this intended behaviour? it strikes me as quite odd. I don’t know of any other web app that does this.
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### Author:  [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/2 "2015-09-20T20:03:25Z")
Have you seen [this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-user-signout-on-all-sessions/28088)? You’re looking for the site setting “log out strict”. IMHO this should _not_ be checked by default…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/3 "2015-09-20T20:46:27Z")
Safety is the default, remember.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/4 "2015-09-20T21:34:28Z")
> [@erlend\_sh](#):
>
> Is this intended behaviour?
Yes, but it is configurable using the site setting “log out strict”
I am thinking we should maybe look at adding a “transitionary” logout screen that allows end users to pick their poison.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/5 "2015-09-20T22:47:40Z")
Would be a good idea since logout is so rare anyway an additional dialog is no big deal.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/6 "2015-09-21T00:24:17Z")
Mocked
 (both would be in a modal)
```plaintext
.btn-huge {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
display:inline-flex;
flex-direction:column;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
vertical-align:middle;
}
.btn-huge i.fa {
display:block;
text-align:center;
margin-right:0;
margin-bottom: 7px;
}
```
The btn-huge style I just created seems like a good thing to have anyways (which is why I made it).
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/7 "2015-09-21T00:27:02Z")
“This device” not computer. Also I would say “Log me out everywhere” versus “Log me out on this device only” etc. Probably only the exceptional case should use fa-alert.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/8 "2015-09-21T01:01:53Z")
btn-huge looks really bad and not like a button.
I would simply display a modal with:
```plaintext
[] Log me out everywhere
[Log Out] [Cancel]
```
Choosing between two buttons is confusing, a checkbox that clearly explains what will happen is desirable.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/9 "2015-09-21T01:02:53Z")
Yeah, you’re probably right 😆
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### Author:  [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/10 "2015-09-21T17:13:40Z")
If you like the safety first rule applied here too, maybe the logout everywhere shout contain a countdown “(in 10s…)” just to make sure.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-supposed-to-log-you-out-across-browsers/33502/11 "2025-12-04T11:37:00Z")