`<noscript>` HTML noscript element

The <noscript> HTML element defines a section of HTML to be inserted if a script type on the page is unsupported or if scripting is currently turned off in the browser.

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

<noscript>
  <!-- anchor linking to external file -->
  <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/">External Link</a>
</noscript>
<p>Rocks!</p>

Result with scripting enabled

Rocks!

Result with scripting disabled

External Link

Rocks!

Usage notes

The <noscript> element represents its children differently depending on if scripting is enabled:

• If scripting is disabled the <noscript> element represents its children as HTML content.
• If scripting is enabled, the <noscript> element represents its children as text.

Technical summary

Content categories	Metadata content, flow content, phrasing content.
Permitted content	When scripting is disabled and when it is a descendant of the [``](/firefox/mdn/html/reference/elements/head/) element: in any order, zero or more [``](/firefox/mdn/html/reference/elements/link/) elements, zero or more [` SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page. Browser compatibility Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.