so I want to find a way using PHP/.htaccess so that when a user visiting my site types a site in the URL bar it doesn't show the referrer. I know services like anonym can do this for url links but is it possible to do this for users to go to new site via the URL bar?
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That's not how it works. When a user goes to another site by typing the address in URL bar (and in many other cases), no HTTP Referer information is sent to that site.
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Ah, did not know that ty for the info. What about if they search through the custom search engine of the browser? Any way to avoid referrer when using that? – Ted Jun 18 '15 at 01:53
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It's the same concept. According to the [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer): `The HTTP referer is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage that linked to the resource being requested`. When someone searches through the browser's custom search engine, this is not coming from your site, so it will not add your site's address to the http referer field. – Marcos Dimitrio Jun 18 '15 at 02:00