# CookieConsent v3.0.0-rc.17 — cookieconsent v3.0.0-rc.17

- Product: CookieConsent (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cookieconsent)
- Vendor: Orest Bida
- Date: 2023-11-07
- Version: v3.0.0-rc.17
- Original notes: https://github.com/orestbida/cookieconsent/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc.17
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cookieconsent/releases/v3.0.0-rc.17
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Added new <service>.cookies option to easily erase cookies
- **changed** — Improved language autodetection process
- **changed** — Improved focus handling for accessibility
- **fixed** — Fixed default enabled categories ignored when mode='opt-in'

##### Features
* Improved language autodetection process 1ec2561 (ref. #560) by @Diewy
* Added new [`<service>.cookies`](https://cookieconsent.orestbida.com/reference/configuration-reference.html#category-services) option to easily erase cookies 526068838949aff31676aa2cb1ba912e7aef2d33 3655a1b2c3acf4341b58819256e68516f5beb71a
* Improved focus handling (a11y) d8d73254353cec4fc6d30d3774fa0218777140d1 f3183936d81e2491fa2fbe555ecf5d341d033aa8 

##### Bug Fixes
* Fixed default enabled categories ignored when mode='opt-in' 8ad2d1d87b32bd3023176852edd65a61878e3a3c baf638099d36a312c68e9acb5718e7f4c54ddad1 (ref. #538) by @orestbida 

##### Documentation
* Updated code examples bf941a2efd098573405cddbf2ae8601ac758f083 0e9c87b20c972d18758a9856e48a23963730b424
* Updated UI and Customization page 611affb96c5496174b77b3e1e52fee103ad74cb3
* Fixed broken/outdated links 56865ae322488d84806c0532a26b7e7fe08eeb83 868c275c00dec96e4ac891d5e0bfd6837ee87032
* Added notice about Google Ad related products 85f58084ae726e07b9a855790bde0ddd206af761

##### Misc
* Updated playground f4b244e487741ce6e68d8bc259e5c176371817dc 8d1842939036ee38e0f9299dd25e860c245aec39
* Updated demo examples 495df1537b23ca941413fe99796a0a8e632301f6
* Updated all dependencies to latest version 0738397caf7e0570a01fe4f6c233365e9a2bbd81

##### New Contributors
* @Diewy made their first contribution in https://github.com/orestbida/cookieconsent/pull/561

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/orestbida/cookieconsent/compare/v3.0.0-rc.16...v3.0.0-rc.17