Access-Control-Allow-Methods header

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTTP Access-Control-Allow-Methods response header specifies one or more HTTP request methods allowed when accessing a resource in response to a preflight request.

Header type Response header

Syntax

http
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: <method>, <method>, …
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *

Directives

<method>

A comma-separated list of the allowed request methods. GET, HEAD, and POST are always allowed, regardless of whether they are specified in this header, as they are defined as CORS-safelisted methods.

* (wildcard)

All HTTP methods. It has this meaning only for requests without credentials (requests without HTTP cookies or HTTP authentication information). In requests with credentials, it is treated as the literal method name * without special semantics.

Examples

http
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: PUT, DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *

Specifications

Specification
Fetch
# http-access-control-allow-methods

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Access-Control-Allow-Methods
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 3.5 (Release date: 2009-06-30)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12 (Release date: 2012-06-14)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 4 (Release date: 2009-06-08)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12 (Release date: 2012-02-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 2 (Release date: 2009-10-26)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support
Wildcard (*)
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 63 (Release date: 2017-12-06)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 69 (Release date: 2019-09-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 50 (Release date: 2018-01-04)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 63 (Release date: 2017-12-05)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 46 (Release date: 2018-05-14)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 8.2 (Release date: 2018-12-21)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 63 (Release date: 2017-12-05)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also