<link rel="prefetch">

The rel="prefetch" attribute for the <link> HTML element is a hint to the browser that the user is likely to navigate to a resource, so the browser should preemptively fetch and cache the resource.

Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited and is missing in at least one major browser engine.

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

8

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

2

Supported

Apple Safari

—

Unsupported

Microsoft Edge

12

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

18

Firefox Android

4

Safari iOS

—

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Can I Use (link-rel-prefetch) ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

api.PerformanceResourceTiming.deliveryType.navigational-prefetch ↗ html.elements.link.rel.prefetch ↗ http.headers.Sec-Purpose ↗ http.headers.Sec-Purpose.prefetch ↗