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title = "hx-replace-url"
description = """\
The hx-replace-url attribute in htmx allows you to replace the current URL of the browser location history."""
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The `hx-replace-url` attribute allows you to replace the current url of the browser [location history](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API).
The possible values of this attribute are:
1. `true`, which replaces the fetched URL in the browser navigation bar.
2. `false`, which disables replacing the fetched URL if it would otherwise be replaced due to inheritance.
3. A URL to be replaced into the location bar.
This may be relative or absolute, as per [`history.replaceState()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/replaceState).
Here is an example:
```html
<div hx-get="/account" hx-replace-url="true">
Go to My Account
</div>
```
This will cause htmx to snapshot the current DOM to `localStorage` and replace the URL `/account' in the browser location bar.
Another example:
```html
<div hx-get="/account" hx-replace-url="/account/home">
Go to My Account
</div>
```
This will replace the URL `/account/home' in the browser location bar.
## Notes
* `hx-replace-url` is inherited and can be placed on a parent element
* The [`HX-Replace-Url` response header](@/headers/hx-replace-url.md) has similar behavior and can override this attribute.
* The [`hx-history-elt` attribute](@/attributes/hx-history-elt.md) allows changing which element is saved in the history cache.
* The [`hx-push-url` attribute](@/attributes/hx-push-url.md) is a similar and more commonly used attribute, which creates a
new history entry rather than replacing the current one.