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Meta tags

application-name

Gives browsers a short name for the web application represented by the page. A browser may use it instead of the page title in bookmarks or other interface labels.

Code examples

Good example
<meta name="application-name" content="Zhead">
A short application name that stays useful when the page title changes.
Good example
<meta name="application-name" content="Budget Tracker">
A clear name for an application that tracks budgets.
Avoid this example
<meta name="application-name" content="Budget Tracker: 3 reports need your attention">
Mixes temporary page status into a name that should stay stable.
Avoid this example
<meta name="application-name" content="Chocolate cake recipe">
A recipe page is a document, not a web application, so it should not use this metadata name.

Recommendations

  • 01
    Use It Only for Web Applications
    Leave this tag out when the page does not represent a web application. The HTML standard explicitly limits it to web applications.
  • 02
    Use a Short, Stable Name
    Give the application name without page status, unread counts, or slogans. Browsers may have little room for the label.
  • 03
    Provide Translations Separately
    For a localized name, add one application-name tag per language and set the lang attribute on each tag.

Related documentation

Related meta tags

application-name

name

Gives browsers a short name for the web application represented by the page. A browser may use it instead of the page title in bookmarks or other interface labels.

<meta name="application-name" content="Zhead">
A short application name that stays useful when the page title changes.

charset

charset

Declares the character encoding used by the HTML document. In modern HTML, the value must be UTF-8.

<meta charset="utf-8">
The required character encoding for modern HTML.

color-scheme

name

Tells the browser which color schemes the page can render. The browser can use this early, before the stylesheet loads, to choose a suitable canvas and native controls.

<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
Declares support for both common schemes, with light listed first as the fallback preference.

default-style

http-equiv

Selects the preferred CSS style sheet set by name when a page offers alternate titled stylesheets. Browser support is limited.

<meta http-equiv="default-style" content="Main Style">
Valid when a linked stylesheet set has the exact title Main Style.

format-detection

name

An Apple extension that can stop Safari on iOS from turning text that looks like a telephone number into a call link.

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
The value documented by Apple for disabling automatic telephone links in Safari on iOS.