---
title: "How to safely use dangerouslySetInnerHTML in React"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-safely-use-dangerouslysetinnerhtml-in-react-deybtdu2c
source_url: https://deadsimplechat.com/blog/how-to-safely-use-dangerouslysetinnerhtml-in-react/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-03-14T15:05:43.707Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z
tags: ["react", "jsx"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 35
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 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.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://deadsimplechat.com/blog/how-to-safely-use-dangerouslysetinnerhtml-in-react/>

## 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! But thx for sharing.

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