Google Analytics: How To Locate Tracking Javascript Code for Existing Website / Profile

Every time I have to find the tracking code on Google Analytics for one of my existing websites, I hit the same stumbling block – ‘Where is the code and how do I find it ?’

I have accessed the tracking code for my existing websites many times on Google Analytics but I never seem to remember how to access it straightaway.

I click here, I click there and after a few trial and errors, I finally find it – and before I know I have spent around 30 minutes on a task that is supposed to be super simple. Google has for some reason not made the access to this code very straight forward.

I decided that it is about time I document the steps involved, so next time I don’t have to waste as much time. Here we go:

1. Log into your Google Analytics
2. From the Analytics Settings page, find the website you are looking the tracking code for
3. Click Edit (in the Action column of your website profile)
4. Click Check Status at the top-right of the table

That’s it – those are the four simple steps – simple steps which have drove me crazy many time – not any more though (:-).

Best,