diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml
index 69430b398..5660a44ae 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
+<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
 <Page x:Class="MarkdownTextBlockExperiment.Samples.MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample"
       xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
       xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@
             <controls:MarkdownTextBlock x:Name="MarkdownTextBlock1"
                                         Grid.Column="0"
                                         Config="{x:Bind LiveMarkdownConfig, Mode=OneTime}"
-                                        Text="{x:Bind MarkdownTextBox.Text, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                                        DisableHtml="{x:Bind DisableHtml, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        Text="{x:Bind MarkdownTextBox.Text, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UseAutoLinks="{x:Bind UseAutoLinks, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UseEmphasisExtras="{x:Bind UseEmphasisExtras, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UseListExtras="{x:Bind UseListExtras, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UsePipeTables="{x:Bind UsePipeTables, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak="{x:Bind UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                        UseTaskLists="{x:Bind UseTaskLists, Mode=OneWay}" />
             <TextBox x:Name="MarkdownTextBox"
                      Grid.Column="1"
                      AcceptsReturn="True" />
diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml.cs b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml.cs
index 413bd1d6e..6b411430f 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml.cs
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/samples/MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample.xaml.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ namespace MarkdownTextBlockExperiment.Samples;
 /// <summary>
 /// An example sample page of a custom control inheriting from Panel.
 /// </summary>
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UseEmphasisExtras", false, Title = "UseEmphasisExtras")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UsePipeTables", false, Title = "UsePipeTables")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UseListExtras", false, Title = "UseListExtras")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UseTaskLists", false, Title = "UseTaskLists")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UseAutoLinks", false, Title = "UseAutoLinks")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("DisableHtml", false, Title = "DisableHtml")]
+[ToolkitSampleBoolOption("UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak", false, Title = "UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak")]
 [ToolkitSample(id: nameof(MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample), "Custom control", description: $"A sample for showing how to create and use a {nameof(CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.MarkdownTextBlock)} custom control.")]
 public sealed partial class MarkdownTextBlockCustomSample : Page
 {
diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.Properties.cs b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.Properties.cs
index fb0bd4180..c72d17814 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.Properties.cs
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.Properties.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,16 @@ public partial class MarkdownTextBlock
         nameof(UseAutoLinks),
         typeof(bool),
         typeof(MarkdownTextBlock),
-        new PropertyMetadata(false));
+        new PropertyMetadata(false));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Identifies the <see cref="DisableHtmlProperty"/> dependency property.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly DependencyProperty DisableHtmlProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
+        nameof(DisableHtmlProperty),
+        typeof(bool),
+        typeof(MarkdownTextBlock),
+        new PropertyMetadata(false));
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Identifies the <see cref="UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak"/> dependency property.
@@ -148,7 +157,16 @@ public bool UseAutoLinks
     {
         get => (bool)GetValue(UseAutoLinksProperty);
         set => SetValue(UseAutoLinksProperty, value);
-    }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// If true, Disables HTML parsing.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool DisableHtml
+    {
+        get => (bool)GetValue(DisableHtmlProperty);
+        set => SetValue(DisableHtmlProperty, value);
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// If true, considers single newlines as hardline breaks.
diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
index fb3e6f4aa..818d4249b 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ protected override void OnApplyTemplate()
         if (UseListExtras) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.UseListExtras();
         if (UseTaskLists) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.UseTaskLists();
         if (UseAutoLinks) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.UseAutoLinks();
-        if (UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak();
+        if (UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.UseSoftlineBreakAsHardlineBreak();
+        if (DisableHtml) pipelineBuilder = pipelineBuilder.DisableHtml();
 
         _pipeline = pipelineBuilder.Build();
 
@@ -110,14 +111,14 @@ private void Build()
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new ParagraphRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new QuoteBlockRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new ThematicBreakRenderer());
-                _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlBlockRenderer());
+                if (!DisableHtml) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlBlockRenderer());
 
                 // Default inline renderers
                 if (UseAutoLinks) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new AutoLinkInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new CodeInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new DelimiterInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new EmphasisInlineRenderer());
-                _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlEntityInlineRenderer());
+                if (!DisableHtml) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlEntityInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new LineBreakInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new LinkInlineRenderer());
                 _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new LiteralInlineRenderer());
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ private void Build()
 
                 // Extension renderers
                 if (UsePipeTables) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new TableRenderer());
-                if (UseTaskLists) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new TaskListRenderer());
-                _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlInlineRenderer());
+                if (UseTaskLists) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new TaskListRenderer());
+                if (!DisableHtml) _renderer.ObjectRenderers.Add(new HtmlInlineRenderer());
             }
             _pipeline.Setup(_renderer);
             ApplyText(false);
diff --git a/tooling b/tooling
index 660f1b8d0..64e945b38 160000
--- a/tooling
+++ b/tooling
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 660f1b8d0dc7f75584b62e79f36d03c1636579c0
+Subproject commit 64e945b3850735187c887421ccd23f4e05814e55