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# logout

## Description

Ends the session and cancels the authentication cookie.

## URL

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    /Admin/rest/authentication-point/Logout

## Remarks

Your application must get the logout resource before closing.

The API call is case-sensitive; you must use an upper-case L in Logout.

Version 2021 (or later): You must add the X-XSRF-TOKEN header to the request.

## HTTP method

GET: Returns the canceled LWSSO cookie (and QCSession cookie in versions earlier than 2020).

## Request

Headers:

None

Cookies:

Version | Cookie
--- | ---
2023, 24.1, and later | ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};
2022 - 2022 R2 | ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE}; ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm={ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm_COOKIE_VALUE}; LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY={LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY_COOKIE_VALUE};
2021 - 2021 R2 | ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE}; ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm={ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm_COOKIE_VALUE};
2020 - 2020 SP3 | ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};
Earlier than 2020 | LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY={LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY_COOKIE_VALUE}; QCSession={QC_SESSION_COOKIE_VALUE};

Content-Type

None

Request body:

None

Request example:

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    GET /Admin/rest/authentication-point/Logout

## Response

Headers:

None

Cookies:

Version | Cookie
--- | ---
2020 or later | Set-Cookie: ADM_LWSSO=""; Expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/
Earlier than 2020 | Set-Cookie: LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY=""; Expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/ Set-Cookie: QCSession=""; Expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/

HTML return code:

One of the HTTP return codes

HTML body:

None

See also:

- Authenticate

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