--- title: How to safely use dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React description: Learn about the usage of dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React and how to safely use it. Avoid using it unless necessary and always sanitize the HTML before setting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-safely-use-dangerouslysetinnerhtml-in-react-deybtdu2c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to safely use dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the usage of dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React and how to safely use it. Avoid using it unless necessary and always sanitize the HTML before setting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-safely-use-dangerouslysetinnerhtml-in-react-deybtdu2c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Deybtdu2C.png og:image:alt: How to safely use dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to safely use dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 10 min read · 35 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn about the usage of dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React and how to safely use it. Avoid using it unless necessary and always sanitize the HTML before setting it with dangerouslySetInnerHTML. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@floatrx** · 2 upvotes > I really don't understand why we need one more extra library just to remove useless HTML. I prefer to use regex. And for Markdown, I use react-markdown. Last also supports custom handle render custom components! 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