Web/HTML/Link types/prefetch

The prefetch keyword for the rel attribute of the <link> element is a hint to browsers that the user is likely to need the target resource for future navigations, and therefore the browser can likely improve the user experience by preemptively fetching and caching the resource.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'prefetch' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
prefetch Experimental'	Chrome Full support 8	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 2	IE Full support 11	Opera Full support 15	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

Link types: prefetch by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.