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title: "What is the difference between the @Html.ActionLink and @Ajax.ActionLink helpers in ASP.NET MVC?"  
description: "What is the difference between the @Html.ActionLink and @Ajax.ActionLink helpers in ASP.NET MVC?"  
author: "Revati S Misra"  
published: 2023-04-18  
updated: 2023-04-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157896/what-is-the-difference-between-the-html-actionlink-and-ajax-actionlink-helpers-in-asp-dot-net-mvc  
category: "ajax"  
tags: ["ajax", "jquery", "mvc"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between the @Html.ActionLink and @Ajax.ActionLink helpers in ASP.NET MVC?

What is the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157114/good-news-or-bad-news-and-the-difference-is) between the @[Html.ActionLink](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34497/how-to-add-active-class-to-html-actionlink-in-asp-dot-net-mvc) and @[Ajax.ActionLink](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/761/cant-get-input-parameter-to-controller-ajax-actionlink) [helpers in ASP.NET](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155771/what-is-html-helpers-in-asp-dot-net-mvc) [MVC](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155803/define-cache-profile-in-mvc)?


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