HTML DOM Document referrer property

Definition and usage

referrer The property returns the URL of the document loading the current document.

referrer The property is read-only.

example

Returns the URL of the document that referred to this document:

document.referrer;

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syntax

document.referrer

return value

type description
string

The URL of the document loading the current document.

If the document is not opened via a link, an empty string is returned.

browser support

document.referrer is a feature of DOM Level 2 (2001).

All browsers support it:

Chrome IE Edge Firefox Safari Opera
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