You might have noticed the hashtag (#) at the end of a URL while browsing the web, something like this:
<pre><code>"https://google.com/#app"
</code></pre>The links which contain # (hashtags) are known as Hash-Links
<h3 id="heading-reason-for-using-hash-link">Reason for using hash-link</h3>
<ul>
<li>The link will not point anywhere.</li>
<li>The main point of using hashtags in the links, is to navigate between elements of the pages and not between pages.</li>
</ul>
One of the common examples is the navigate-to-top feature on many websites.
<pre><code class="lang-html">&lt;body id="top"&gt;

// adding anchor tag to navigate to top
&lt;a href="#top"&gt;Go to top&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;/body&gt;
</code></pre>
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You might have noticed the **hashtag (#)** at the end of a URL while browsing the web, something like this:
```
"https://google.com/#app"
```
The links which contain **# (hashtags)** are known as **Hash-Links**
### Reason for using hash-link
- The link will not point anywhere.
- The main point of using hashtags in the links, is to navigate between elements of the pages and not between pages.

One of the common examples is the **navigate-to-top** feature on many websites.

```html
<body id="top">

// adding anchor tag to navigate to top
<a href="#top">Go to top</a>

</body>
```

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What is hashtag # in links?

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What is hashtag # in links?

Reason for using hash-link