Does ASP.NET MVC razor view engine encode HTML by default?

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Or do we have to use the htmlhelpers for html encoding the data.

It is apparently on by default, as there are questions [asking how to turn it off](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4973504/102937). — Robert Harvey, Jun 10 '13 at 15:43

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '13 at 15:43

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Yes it does. Use @Html.Raw(...) to break that behavior.

answered Jun 10 '13 at 15:43

Daniel A. White

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 18:47

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Or use HttpUtility.HtmlDecode

string value1 = "&lt;html&gt;";                 // &lt;html&gt;
string value2 = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(value1); // <html>

answered Jun 10 '13 at 18:47

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