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How do you create a hyperlink that opens in a new tab?

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Add target="_blank" to the link, which tells the browser to open it in a new tab or window.

<a href="https://example.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a>

The rel values protect security and privacy:

  • noopener opens the page without giving it access to the original page through window.opener. In older browsers without it, an untrusted page could use that property to tamper with the page that opened it.
  • noreferrer stops the browser from sending the Referer header, so the target site doesn't learn which page linked to it. It also implies noopener.

Modern browsers apply noopener to target="_blank" links automatically, so writing it out now matters mainly for older browsers. noreferrer remains a deliberate choice about privacy.

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