As corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic media, polymers are emerging materials due to its larger surface coverage area. This paper focuses on the characteristic of water-soluble solvent polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) at interface of mild steel under 0.5 M HCl, examined using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Tafel polarization, and weight reduction techniques. The findings of the study revealed that water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol as polymer inhibitor has restraint abilities, up to 93.7 percent for 3 hours in 0.5 M hydrochloric acid. An advanced form of high spatial resolution imaging of surface of mild steel at different stages was found by using scanning electron microscopy which shows that the sample immersed for 3 hrs in 0.5 M HCl with 100 ppm of water soulble PVA inhibitor provides good inhibition quality to corrosion on mild steel surface.