{% spaceless %} Tag

removes irrelevant whitespace between HTML tags.

Coding As Markdown

Closing tag
Required — {% endspaceless %}

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Removes irrelevant whitespace between HTML tags.

Template

{% spaceless %}
<p>
  <small class="text-muted">
    Created on: {{ joke.created }}
    Last updated: {{ joke.updated }}
  </small>
</p>
{% endspaceless %}

Result

<p><small class="text-muted">
    Created on:
    Last updated:
  </small></p>

Notice that the whitespace within the small element has not been removed. Only whitespace between successive opening tags and successive closing tags is removed.

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This page last updated on August 2, 2026