To create a link that goes to the top of a web page, follow the steps below.

In your HTML code, between the opening and closingtags, add a new line where you want to place the link.

Add the top of page link using #top as the value of the href attribute, as shown below.

Back to top of page

For example, clicking this link takes you back to the top of the page.

Create a “Back to top of page” button

If you want to create a button that goes back to the top of a web page, use the following example code.

All modern browsers understand the “#top” value, meaning the id or anchor is not needed to return to the top. However, all other anchors need to be defined in the page.

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