Razor components can modify the HTML `<head>` element content of a page, including setting the page's title (`<title>` element) and modifying metadata (`<meta>` elements).
Specify the page's title with the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.PageTitle> component, which enables rendering an HTML `<title>` element to a [`HeadOutlet` component](#headoutlet-component).
Specify `<head>` element content with the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadContent> component, which provides content to a [`HeadOutlet` component](#headoutlet-component).
The following example sets the page's title and description using Razor.
*This section applies to prerendered Blazor WebAssembly apps and Blazor Server apps.*
When [Razor components are prerendered](xref:blazor/components/prerendering-and-integration), the use of a layout page (`_Layout.cshtml`) is required to control `<head>` content with the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.PageTitle> and <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadContent> components. The reason for this requirement is that components that control `<head>` content must be rendered before the layout with the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component. **This order of rendering is required to control head content.**
If the shared `_Layout.cshtml` file doesn't have a [Component Tag Helper](xref:mvc/views/tag-helpers/builtin-th/component-tag-helper) for a <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component, add it to the `<head>` elements.
In a **required**, shared `_Layout.cshtml` file of a Blazor Server app or Razor Pages/MVC app that embeds components into pages or views:
The <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component renders content provided by <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.PageTitle> and <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadContent> components.
In an app created from the Blazor WebAssembly project template, the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component is added to the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting.WebAssemblyHostBuilder.RootComponents> collection of the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting.WebAssemblyHostBuilder> in `Program.cs`:
When the [`::after` pseudo-selector](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS/::after) is specified, the contents of the root component are appended to the existing head contents instead of replacing the content. This allows the app to retain static head content in `wwwroot/index.html` without having to repeat the content in the app's Razor components.
In Blazor Server apps created from the Blazor Server project template, a [Component Tag Helper](xref:mvc/views/tag-helpers/builtin-th/component-tag-helper) renders `<head>` content for the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component in `Pages/_Host.cshtml`:
In Blazor Server apps created from the Blazor Server project template, a [Component Tag Helper](xref:mvc/views/tag-helpers/builtin-th/component-tag-helper) renders `<head>` content for the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.HeadOutlet> component in `Pages/_Layout.cshtml`:
In Blazor apps created from Blazor project templates, the `NotFound` component template in the `App` component (`App.razor`) sets the page title to `Not found`.
`App.razor`:
```razor
<PageTitle>Not found</PageTitle>
```
## Additional resources
* [Control headers in C# code at startup](xref:blazor/fundamentals/startup#control-headers-in-c-code)