e ](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Forbidden_header_name) |  no   
  
##  Syntax

http

    
    
    Access-Control-Allow-Methods: <method>, <method>, â¦
    Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *
    

##  Directives

<method>

    

A comma-delimited list of the allowed [ HTTP request methods ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods) .

` * ` (wildcard)

    

The value " ` * ` " only counts as a special wildcard value for requests
without credentials (requests without [ HTTP cookies ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies) or HTTP authentication information). In requests
with credentials, it is treated as the literal method name " ` * ` " without
special semantics.

##  Examples

http

    
    
    Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST
    Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ Fetch Standard  
#  http-access-control-allow-methods  ](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-
access-control-allow-methods)  
  
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##  See also

  * [ ` Access-Control-Allow-Origin ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin)
  * [ ` Access-Control-Expose-Headers ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Expose-Headers)
  * [ ` Access-Control-Allow-Headers ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Headers)
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