# Optional Closing Tags in HTML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optional-closing-tags-in-html/252880>\
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**Created:** [February 24, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optional-closing-tags-in-html/252880 "2008-02-24T22:27:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zemfik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9de0a6/32.png) [@Zemfik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zemfik)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optional-closing-tags-in-html/252880/1 "2008-02-24T22:27:22Z")

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For as long as I’ve been validating web pages, I never realized that the closing \</head\> tag was optional in HTML. I feel as if I’ve missed the boat at times.  
While I’m all for trimming excess code, I just cannot for the life of me strip out closing tags because they are optional in HTML. I’d be concerned that something, somewhere would not parse the document correctly if I removed the closing \</head\> element.  
Are my concerns unfounded?