HTML - <comment> Tag

The HTML comment <!-- --> tag is used to pass a comment in the source code. With the help of a comment, we can explain our code, which can help us when we edit our source code at a later date. This is useful when our source code is too long.

Comments are only visible in the source code, which is not displayed in the browser.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the HTML comment tag − 

<!—explain your comment here -->

Example

In the following example, let’s see the usage of the comments tag and how it will work with the source code. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <!-- This is comment, and comment does not display in the browser! -->
   <!-- This is paragraph tag -->
   <p>Hello Tutorialspoint </p>
   <p>Easy to Learn! </p>
</body>
</html>

When we run the above code, it will generate an output consisting of the text, leaving the comments aside and displayed on the webpage.

Example

Considering the following example, where we are going to use the comment tag to comment on the HTML elements.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <!-- This is paragraph tag -->
   <!--<p>Hello Tutorialspoint</p> -->
   <p>Easy to Learn!</p>
   <span>Tutorialspoint</span>
</body>
</html>

On running the above code, the output will pop up displaying the text on the webpage without comments text.

Example

Let's look into the following example, where we are going to see the usage of the comment tag

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body> You will be able to see this text.
   <!-- You will not be able to see this text. --> You can even comment out things in
   <!-- the middle of --> a sentence.
   <!-- Or you can comment out a large number of lines. -->
</body>
</html>

When we run the above code, it will generate an output consisting of the text displayed on the webpage.

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