When do I need to decode?

When you have entity-encoded text (from a CMS export or API) and need the original characters back.

Does it handle all entities?

It covers the essential named entities plus numeric entities in both directions.

HTML Encoder Decoder

Encode and decode HTML entities

Text to encode0 bytes

Encoded HTML0 bytes

Encodes & < > " and ' to their HTML entities. Decoding also understands numeric entities like < and <. Everything runs in your browser, nothing is sent or stored anywhere.

About this tool

Displaying code samples on a webpage, or safely injecting user content, requires converting special characters into HTML entities. Doing it by hand is tedious and easy to get wrong.

Encode any text to entities or decode entities back to characters with live conversion and one-click copy. A staple utility for front-end developers.