A rel="noreferrer" attribute value specifies that the current page will not send referrer header information to the linked page.
Effectively, the link will not get the URL of the current page.
A rel="noreferrer" on an <a> tag.
No referrer information is sent to the linked page.
Enjoy a visit to the
<a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
href="https://www.louvre.fr/en">Louvre Museum</a> in Paris.
The rel attribute attribute defines the relationship between the current page and the linked page or resource.
The rel="noreferrer" value instructs the browser not to send the URL of the current page to the linked page.
This value is used when a site does not want to reveal to the linked page where the request came from.
rel="noreferrer" to internal links. This would only 'handicap' the links on your own site.<tagname rel="noreferrer" />
These elements accept the noreferrer value on the rel attribute.
| Elements | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| <a> | Specifies an anchor link -- see example above | |
| <area> | Creates clickable areas inside an image map. | |
| <form> | Specifies an HTML form. |
Here is when rel support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
6.0 | Sep 2010 |
 Firefox
|
4.0 | Mar 2011 |
 IE/Edge
|
12.0 | Jul 2015 |
 Opera
|
11.1 | Mar 2011 |
 Safari
|
5.0 | Jun 2010 |
