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Document: head property

The head read-only property of the Document interface returns the <head> element of the current document.

Value

An HTMLHeadElement.

Examples

html

<!doctype html>
<head id="my-document-head">
  <title>Example: using document.head</title>
</head>

<script>
  const theHead = document.head;

  console.log(theHead.id); // "my-document-head";

  console.log(theHead === document.querySelector("head")); // true
</script>

Notes

document.head is read-only. Trying to assign a value to this property will fail silently or, in Strict Mode, throws a TypeError .

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-document-head-dev

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
head 4 12 4 9 11 5 ≤37 18 4 11 4 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/head