HTML <link> referrerpolicy Attribute

The HTML <link> referrerpolicy Attribute is used to specify the reference information that will be sent to the server when fetching out the resource.

Syntax:

<link referrerpolicy="value">

Attribute Values:

no-referrer: It specifies that no reference information will be sent along with a request.
no-referrer-when-downgrade: It has a default value. It specifies that refer header will not be sent to origins without HTTPS.
origin: It specifies to only send the origin of the document as the referrer in all cases.
origin-when-cross-origin: It sends the origin, path, and query string when performing a same-origin request, but only send the origin of the document for other cases.
unsafe-url: It sends origin, path and query string but not include fragment, password and username.

Example: Below code illustrates the use of <link> referrer policy attribute, we have set the referrerpolicy attribute to no-referrer.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link id="linkid"
        rel="stylesheet"
        type="text/css"
        href="styles.css"
        sizes="16*16"
        hreflang="en-us" 
        referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
</head>

<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>

    <h2>
        HTML Link referrerpolicy Attribute
    </h2>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome 58.0
Internet Explorer Not Supported
Firefox 50.0
Apple Safari 14.1
Opera 45.0
Edge 79.0

HTML <link> referrerpolicy Attribute

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