What are HTML entities?

HTML entities are special codes for characters that have meaning in HTML. For example, < is < and & is &. Using entities prevents the browser from interpreting them as markup.

When should I encode HTML entities?

Whenever you're displaying user input in HTML, inserting text into HTML attributes, or need to show literal HTML code on a page.

HTML Entity Encoder

Encode special characters to HTML entities and decode HTML entities back to text. Free online tool.

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HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder — Free Online

Encode special characters to HTML entities or decode HTML entities back to readable text. Essential for web development.

Encode & decode

Both directions supported.

All entities

Handles named entities (&) and numeric entities (&).

Private

Runs in your browser.