HTML Entity Encoder

HTML Entity Encoder

The HTML entity encoder escapes characters like <, >, &, and quotes into their HTML entity equivalents, and decodes entities back into plain characters. Escaping is essential whenever you want to display code or user-generated text on a page without the browser interpreting it as markup, which also helps prevent broken layouts and injection issues.

How it works

Encoding and decoding run locally in your browser with JavaScript. Paste raw text to convert reserved characters into named or numeric entities, or paste entity-laden HTML to unescape it back into readable characters. Because it is client-side, there is no upload and the output updates as you type.

Practical use cases

• Escape a code snippet so it renders literally inside a <pre> block.
• Sanitize display text so tags are shown rather than executed.
• Decode entity-encoded content scraped from HTML back into plain text.
• Prepare examples for documentation and tutorials.

When working with full documents, the HTML Beautifier tidies your markup, and HTML to Markdown converts it to Markdown. For URL-safe escaping, reach for the URL Encode / Decode tool instead.

Private by design

Your text is escaped and unescaped in-browser and never uploaded. The tool is free, requires no account, and works on all modern browsers including mobile, so you can encode and decode HTML entities while keeping your content on your own device.