Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco



BEFORE , YOU MUST DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

Disable the sending of the Referer [sic] Field

a) If you're using the Internet Explorer browser, you will not be able to use this method.

b) If you are using the Firefox browser, there are two ways to do this:
Using Web Developer Toolbar

Download and install the web developer toolbar. After it is installed, go to the Tools menu, select Web Developer, then select Disable, then select Disable Referrers.

Modifying Preferences

Type "about:config" on the URL line and press Enter. Then type "referer" in the filter box and press Enter. You should now see one preference, namely "network.http.sendRefererHeader". Right click on it and select "Modify". Type "0" on the resulting form and press OK.
c) If you are using the Chrome browser, you need to run it with the "no-referrers" option. You can do so as follows:
Close any open Chrome windows

Right click on the chrome icon that is on the desktop and select properties

Select the "Shortcut" tab if it is not already selected

Copy the information that is in the "Target" field. It will be something like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
Open a DOS window by going to the start menu, selecting "Run" and typing "cmd"

At the DOS prompt, paste the information you copied previously (quotes and all) and insert --no-referrers just after the closing quote. What you have will look something like this
C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --no-referrers
Press the enter key
d) If you are using opera, open preferences (Ctrl-F12 under Windows), select "Network" in the "Advanced" tab, and uncheck "send referrer information". Then click the "OK" button.

Once you have disabled the sending of the referer field, click here.