It may be convenient sometimes to have a tag auto completed or closed, but not always.

UltraEdit by default closes html and xml tags. If you write <> it will immediately add </>.

You can not prevent this by going to the auto complete section of UltraEdit settings.

Open the Configuration (“Advanced” menu) and go to the “Editor” section, then to XML/HTML.

Uncheck the option “Automatically close XML/HTML tags”, and enjoy!