How can I get the title of an HTML page with JavaScript

Can use getElementsByTagName var x document getElementsByTagName quot title quot 0 alert x innerHTML or alert x textContent or document querySelector title Edits as suggested by Paul

Use document title x000D x000D console log document title x000D lt title gt Title test lt title gt x000D x000D x000D MDN Web Docs

Put in the URL bar and then click enter javascript alert document title You can select and copy the text from the alert depending on the website and the web browser you are using

[javascript] How to get the title of HTML page with JavaScript?

Can use getElementsByTagName

var x = document.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];

alert(x.innerHTML)

// or

alert(x.textContent)

// or

document.querySelector('title')

Edits as suggested by Paul

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