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title: "application-name · Meta Tag · zhead"
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  description: "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."
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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

- [HTML Living Standard: Semantics](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#meta-application-name)

## Related meta tags

### [application-name](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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.