X-Download-Options

HTTP response header

The X-Download-Options HTTP header has only one option: X-Download-Options: noopen. This is for Internet Explorer from version 8 on to instruct the browser not to open a download directly in the browser but instead to provide only the �Save� option. The user has to first save it and then open it in an application

Header usage statistics

X-Download-Options response header information and usage statistics.

Websites using header X-Download-Options 257,069
Percentage of websites that use X-Download-Options header 2.21%
Total discovered header values 15
Header uses directives No
Header values are unique or random No
Most popular in the country Canada

Distribution by websites popularity

X-Download-Options detection in the top websites by popularity

Top 10k sites 486 websites
Top 100k sites 3,455 websites
Top 1m sites 15,334 websites

Websites utilizing X-Download-Options

List of websites that use X-Download-Options header

Domain Country Rank Contacts
www.deviantart.com United States of America 115
www.shopify.com United States of America 159
www.xing.com Germany 217
d.hatena.ne.jp United States of America 236
www.theverge.com United States of America 242
www.ted.com United States of America 243
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Geographical Distribution

Header usage distribution by websites across the globe.






Common header values

List of top common X-Download-Options header values

Header value Value prevalence
noopen 99.93%
noopen; 0.05%
value 0.00%
SAMEORIGIN 0.00%
: noopen 0.00%
nosniff 0.00%
none 0.00%
SAMEORIGIN; 0.00%
application/x-msdownload 0.00%
noopen, noopen 0.00%
nopen 0.00%
nosniff,noopen,no save 0.00%
off 0.00%
open 0.00%
X-Download-Options: noopen 0.00%