Encode
Before
Tom & Jerry
After
Tom & Jerry
HTML Entity Converter
Escape `<`, `&`, and quotes for safe HTML—or decode `&lt;` sequences scraped from pages back to normal characters.
HTML Entity Converter
Encode special characters or decode HTML entities.
Text or HTML entities
Encoded or decoded result
Input: 0 chars
Output: 0 chars
Status: ready
Your text stays in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
How to Use
- Choose Encode Entities or Decode Entities.
- Paste text or entity strings into the input.
- Review converted output for ampersands, angle brackets, and quotes.
- Swap direction to verify round-trip accuracy.
Example
Raw HTML snippet
<div>"Hello & goodbye"</div>
Encoded entities
<div>"Hello & goodbye"</div>
Before and After Examples
Decode
Before
<strong>
After
<strong>
Quotes
Before
"hi"
After
"hi"
Numeric
Before
©
After
©
What This Tool Does
HTML Entity Converter transforms reserved markup characters into named or numeric entities during encoding and restores them during decoding. Numeric forms like `A` and hex `A` decode to Unicode characters, which helps when cleaning CMS exports or preparing documentation examples.
Guidelines
Tip
Escaping user comments before rendering in templates
Practice
Decoding scraped product descriptions with entity soup
Use case
Preparing code samples for technical blog posts
Note
Debugging double-encoding in email templates
Common Uses
Best Practices
Choose Encode Entities or Decode Entities.
Paste text or entity strings into the input.
Review converted output for ampersands, angle b…
Swap direction to verify round-trip accuracy.
Escaping user comments before rendering in temp…
Decoding scraped product descriptions with enti…
Preparing code samples for technical blog posts
Debugging double-encoding in email templates
Popular Workflows
Notes & Limitations
All processing runs locally in your browser. Results may vary with edge-case characters or very large inputs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which characters get encoded?
At minimum <, >, &, quotes, and often non-ASCII characters depending on context.
Is content uploaded when encoding?
Processing is local; HTML strings never leave your browser.
Does it decode numeric entities?
Yes—decimal and hexadecimal numeric references are supported.
Will encode mode double-escape existing entities?
Ampersands in existing entities are escaped to avoid corrupt sequences.