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Asked: 2026-05-27T18:14:24+00:00

How can I make it so when the site visitor of mysite.com clicks a

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How can I make it so when the site visitor of mysite.com clicks a link, like http://google.com, the referrer page is not sent to the target website ?

Is this possible with PHP ?

Basically I want the linked site to not be aware where the visitor came from

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t think it is possible, as the HTTP referrer information is sent by the browser. You can install browser plugins to prevent sending referrers, but not directly with PHP.

    Update: I just found this

    If a website is accessed from a HTTP Secure (HTTPS) connection and a link points to anywhere except another secure location, then the referrer field is not sent.
    The upcoming standard HTML5 will support the attribute/value rel = “noreferrer” in order to instruct the user agent not to send a referrer.

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer#Referrer_hiding

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