Which characters get encoded?

Characters with special meaning in HTML, such as , &, and ", are converted into entities.

Are numeric references decoded too?

Yes. Both named references (&) and numeric references (&) are decoded accurately using the browser's built-in parser.

Is the content I enter sent to a server?

No. It's processed entirely using browser DOM APIs.

🔣 HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder

Converts characters with special meaning in HTML into entities, or turns entities back into their original characters.

Input

Result

How to use

Enter text or HTML code.
Click "Encode" or "Decode".
Copy the result to use it.

🎯 Use Cases

Safely display symbols like < and > inside HTML code
Attach a code snippet to a forum post or wiki
Restore the original text from entity-escaped content

Example

Input

<div class="box">텍스트 & 기호</div>

Output

&lt;div class="box"&gt;텍스트 &amp; 기호&lt;/div&gt;

Clicking "Encode" converts the < > & characters into the < > & entities. Double quotes (") are left untouched because they carry no special meaning inside a text node.

FAQ

Which characters get encoded?: <, >, &, " and other characters with special meaning in HTML are converted into entities.
Are numeric references decoded too?: Yes. Both named references (&) and numeric references (&) are decoded accurately using the browser's built-in parser.
Is the content I enter sent to a server?: No. It's processed entirely using browser DOM APIs.