# Remove References to DNT

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/remove-references-to-dnt/25088
**Category:** Site Development
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** 2025-02-19T01:29:37Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @fria — 2025-02-19T01:29:37Z

DNT is deprecated:

> **[DNT header - HTTP | MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/DNT)**
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> The HTTP DNT (Do Not Track) request header indicates the user's tracking preference.
> It lets users indicate whether they would prefer privacy rather than personalized content.

And some browsers are removing support. I’d like to scrub the site of any references to DNT.

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## Post 2 by @anon36940904 — 2025-02-19T01:45:20Z

Yeah.. might as well.

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## Post 3 by @Regime6045 — 2025-02-19T10:38:58Z

> Firefox 135 didn’t remove the `DNT` header. It only removed the checkbox in `about:preferences`. The `DNT` header is still sent as `1` if “tracking content” is blocked in “Enhanced Tracking Protection” (either as “Custom” or “Strict”) or if browsing in a private window.

[(source)](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1936761#c2)

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## Post 4 by @fria — 2025-02-19T20:41:38Z

They probably do that for compatibility reasons. The main issue is we had respecting DNT as a requirement in the minimum requirements for some things and I don’t think it’s fair to require websites to respect a deprecated feature.

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## Post 5 by @redoomed1 — 2025-03-05T02:33:57Z

[https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/2916](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/2916)