<meta name="referrer">

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

The referrer value for the name attribute of the <meta> element controls the HTTP Referer header of requests sent from the document. If specified, you define the referrer using a content attribute in the <meta> element as a keyword value.

For example, the following <meta> element sends the origin of the document as the referrer:

<meta name="referrer" content="origin" />

Warning: Dynamically inserting <meta name="referrer"> (with document.write() or appendChild()) makes the referrer behavior unpredictable. When several conflicting policies are defined, the no-referrer policy is applied.

Usage notes

A <meta name="referrer"> element has the following additional attributes:

content

Sets the document referrer. You must define this attribute. Accepts one of the following values:

no-referrer: Does not send an HTTP Referer header.
origin: Sends the origin of the document.
no-referrer-when-downgrade: Sends the full URL when the destination is at least as secure as the current page (HTTP(S)→HTTPS), but sends no referrer when it's less secure (HTTPS→HTTP). This is the default behavior.
origin-when-cross-origin: Sends the full URL (stripped of parameters) for same-origin requests, but only sends the origin for other cases.
same-origin: Sends the full URL (stripped of parameters) for same-origin requests. Cross-origin requests will contain no referrer header.
strict-origin: Sends the origin when the destination is at least as secure as the current page (HTTP(S)→HTTPS), but sends no referrer when it's less secure (HTTPS→HTTP).
strict-origin-when-cross-origin: Sends the full URL (stripped of parameters) for same-origin requests. Sends the origin when the destination is at least as secure as the current page (HTTP(S)→HTTPS). Otherwise, sends no referrer.
unsafe-URL: Sends the full URL (stripped of parameters) for same-origin or cross-origin requests.

Examples

Removing a referrer from requests

The following <meta> element specifies that the document shouldn't send a Referer header with HTTP requests from the document:

<meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer" />

Specifications

Specification
HTML> # meta-referrer>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`referrer`	17 Until Chrome 46, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	79	36 The `referrer` value wasn't taken into account when navigation was happening via the context menu or middle click until Firefox 39.	15 Until Opera 33, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	11.1	18 Until Chrome Android 46, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	36 The `referrer` value wasn't taken into account when navigation was happening via the context menu or middle click until Firefox for Android 39.	14 Until Opera Android 33, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	12	1.0 Until Samsung Internet 5.0, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	4.4 Until WebView Android 46, `content` values weren't constrained to the values listed in the spec.	12