Encode HTML special characters to entities and decode HTML entities back to text free online. Convert <, >, &, and " instantly — no signup, browser-based.
This tool lets you encode HTML special characters online free with one click. Paste any text containing <, >, &, or " and click Encode HTML — every unsafe character converts to its entity equivalent (<, >, &, ") instantly. Click Decode HTML to reverse the process and read entity-encoded source back as plain text. As an HTML escape tool online, this is essential for safely embedding user-generated content in web pages, preventing cross-site scripting (XSS) by ensuring characters that have structural meaning in HTML cannot be interpreted as markup. It also handles the full Unicode entity set, including named entities like ©, ™, —, and . The Swap button moves output back to input in one click, making it easy to encode, check the result, then decode to confirm the round-trip is correct. No installation, no account, no data sent anywhere — everything runs locally.
The HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder converts characters that have special meaning in HTML — such as <, >, &, ", and ' — into their safe entity equivalents (<, >, &, ", ') and vice versa. When encoding, every character that could be misinterpreted by an HTML parser is replaced with its named or numeric entity. When decoding, all named entities ( , ©, ®), numeric decimal entities (©), and numeric hex entities (©) are converted back to their original characters. This is essential for safely displaying user-generated content in a web page, embedding code snippets in blog posts, or preparing strings for safe insertion into HTML templates.
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