`<noscript>` HTML noscript element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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 `<head>` element: in any order, zero or more `<link>` elements, zero or more `<style>` elements, and zero or more `<meta>` elements. When scripting is disabled and when it isn't a descendant of the `<head>` element: any transparent content, but no `<noscript>` element must be among its descendants. Otherwise: flow content or phrasing content.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content, if there are no ancestor `<noscript>` element, or in a `<head>` element (but only for an HTML document), here again if there are no ancestor `<noscript>` element.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	No `role` permitted
DOM interface	`HTMLElement`

Specifications

Specification
HTML> # the-noscript-element>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`noscript`	1	12	1	15	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	4.4	2

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/noscript

<noscript> HTML noscript element