Remove Referer Headers that reference pages on Confluence (NGINX Proxy)

[Fabio S]

Is there a way to configure NGINX proxy to remove the referer header when clicking on external links embedded in Confluence pages? I tried to add the following parameters but I'm still seeing the referer header:

proxy_set_header Referer "";

proxy_set_header X-Custom-Referrer "";

[Timothy · Accepted solution]

nginx cannot remove headers from request. It can only blank them.

• http://stackoverflow.com/a/39750507/7109649

[Fabio S]

Thanks Timothy. Should I remove all other "proxy_set_header"?

#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

[Timothy]

That's really up to you. Each of them have specific usage and you'll have to decide on whether to blank them out or not.

[Fabio S]

I'm still seeing the referer header and I'm using only

proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";