dia ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/encrypted-media) Experimental 
    11. [ Permissions-Policy: execution-while-not-rendered ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/execution-while-not-rendered) Experimental 
    12. [ Permissions-Policy: execution-while-out-of-viewport ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/execution-while-out-of-viewport) Experimental 
    13. [ Permissions-Policy: fullscreen ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/fullscreen)
    14. [ Permissions-Policy: gamepad ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gamepad) Experimental 
    15. [ Permissions-Policy: geolocation ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/geolocation)
    16. [ Permissions-Policy: gyroscope ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gyroscope) Experimental 
    17. [ Permissions-Policy: hid ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/hid) Experimental 
    18. [ Permissions-Policy: identity-credentials-get ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/identity-credentials-get) Experimental 
    19. [ Permissions-Policy: idle-detection ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/idle-detection) Experimental 
    20. [ Permissions-Policy: local-fonts ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/local-fonts) Experimental 
    21. [ Permissions-Policy: magnetometer ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/magnetometer) Experimental 
    22. [ Permissions-Policy: microphone ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/microphone)
    23. [ Permissions-Policy: midi ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/midi) Experimental 
    24. [ Permissions-Policy: otp-credentials ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/otp-credentials) Experimental 
    25. [ Permissions-Policy: payment ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/payment) Experimental 
    26. [ Permissions-Policy: picture-in-picture ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/picture-in-picture) Experimental 
    27. [ Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-create ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-create) Experimental 
    28. [ Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-get ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-get)
    29. [ Permissions-Policy: screen-wake-lock ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/screen-wake-lock)
    30. [ Permissions-Policy: serial ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/serial) Experimental 
    31. [ Permissions-Policy: speaker-selection ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/speaker-selection) Experimental 
    32. [ Permissions-Policy: storage-access ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/storage-access) Experimental 
    33. [ Permissions-Policy: usb ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/usb) Experimental 
    34. [ Permissions-Policy: web-share ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/web-share)
    35. [ Permissions-Policy: window-management ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/window-management) Experimental 
    36. [ Permissions-Policy: xr-spatial-tracking ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/xr-spatial-tracking) Experimental 

##  In this article

  * Syntax 
  * Specifications 
  * Browser compatibility 
  * See also 

#  HEAD

The **HTTP` HEAD ` method ** requests the [ headers ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers) that would be returned if the ` HEAD ` request's URL
was instead requested with the HTTP [ ` GET ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET) method. For example, if a URL might produce a
large download, a ` HEAD ` request could read its [ ` Content-Length ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Length) header to check the filesize without
actually downloading the file.

**Warning:** A response to a ` HEAD ` method _should not_ have a body. If it
has one anyway, that body **must be** ignored: any [ representation headers
](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Repre