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---
title: truncate
# linktitle: truncate
description: Truncates a text to a max length without cutting words or leaving unclosed HTML tags.
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date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
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    parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings]
signature: ["truncate SIZE INPUT", "truncate SIZE ELLIPSIS INPUT"]
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hugoversion: 19
relatedfuncs: []
deprecated: false
---

Since Go templates are HTML-aware, `truncate` will intelligently handle normal strings vs HTML strings:

```
{{ "<em>Keep my HTML</em>" | safeHTML | truncate 10 }}` → <em>Keep my …</em>`
```

{{% note %}}
If you have a raw string that contains HTML tags you want to remain treated as HTML, you will need to convert the string to HTML using the [`safeHTML` template function](/functions/safehtml) before sending the value to truncate. Otherwise, the HTML tags will be escaped when passed through the `truncate` function.
{{% /note %}}
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			`description: Truncates a text to a max length without cutting words or leaving unclosed HTML tags.`
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			`workson: []`
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			`relatedfuncs: []`
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			`---`

			Since Go templates are HTML-aware, `truncate` will intelligently handle normal strings vs HTML strings:

			```
			{{ "<em>Keep my HTML</em>" \| safeHTML \| truncate 10 }}` → <em>Keep my …</em>`
			```

			`{{% note %}}`
			If you have a raw string that contains HTML tags you want to remain treated as HTML, you will need to convert the string to HTML using the [`safeHTML` template function](/functions/safehtml) before sending the value to truncate. Otherwise, the HTML tags will be escaped when passed through the `truncate` function.
			`{{% /note %}}`