The Difference Between Controlled and Uncontrolled Components in React

Why do the React docs recommend using controlled components to implement forms?

Chad Murobayashi
Level Up Coding
Published in
4 min readOct 20, 2021

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When dealing with form data in React, you can use either controlled components or uncontrolled components. According to the React docs, a controlled component is the recommended way to go for most cases.

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