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title: Wrong source captured by UTM parameters
description: "Issue: User was trying to test his landing page and UTM parameters kept capturing source as 'Direct Traffic' all the time. Reason: Leadsquared uses cookies to store UTM parameters. So when a visitor lands on a landing page the source is stored in the ..."
url: "https://supportb.kinsta.cloud/docs/wrong-source-captured-by-utm-parameters/"
updated: "2020-07-13"
category: Lead Tracking
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# Wrong source captured by UTM parameters

**Issue: **User was trying to test his landing page and **UTM parameters** kept capturing source as **'Direct Traffic'** all the time.

**Reason: **Leadsquared uses **cookies **to store **UTM parameters.** So when a visitor lands on a landing page the source is stored in the cookie that is placed in his browser. The first source that gets captured in a cookie is the lead source. In this case, when he opened the landing page the first time, the source was captured as **'Direct Traffic'** and stored in a cookie. Since that **cookie wasn't cleared from the system**, the test data that he entered into the landing page form every time was captured as 'Direct traffic'.

**Resolution:** **Clear the cookies and cache** in the browser or use **an incognito window** while testing the landing pages.

                    You can also try in a **new browser.**