• Skip to main content
  • Skip to search
    • Technologies Overview
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • Graphics
    • HTTP
    • APIs
    • Browser Extensions
    • MathML
    • Learn web development
    • Tutorials
    • References
    • Developer Guides
    • Accessibility
    • Game development
    • ...more docs
    • Send Feedback
    • Contribute to MDN
    • Report a content issue 🌐
    • Report a platform issue 🌐
  1. MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
  2. Head
  • Change language

Table of contents

  • Learn more

Head

The Head is the part of an HTML document that contains metadata about that document, such as author, description, and links to CSS or JavaScript files that should be applied to the HTML.

Learn more

HTML head

  • <head> element reference on MDN
  • The HTML <head> on the MDN Learning Area

Found a problem with this page?

  • Source on GitHub
  • Report a problem with this content on GitHub
  • Want to fix the problem yourself? See our Contribution guide.

Last modified: Jan 13, 2021, by MDN contributors

Change your language
  • Web Technologies
  • Learn Web Development
  • About MDN
  • Feedback
  • About
  • MDN Web Docs Store
  • Contact Us
  • Firefox

MDN

Mozilla

© 2005-2021 Mozilla and individual contributors. Content is available under these licenses.

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Cookies