The <textarea> element represents an editing control that allows users to enter multi-line, free-form, plain text.

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Browser support

• Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
• Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
• Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
• Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
• Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
• Safari ≤4 Released before 2009-06-08
• Safari on iOS ≤3 Released before 2009-06-17

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