Method
Escapes five HTML-sensitive characters or decodes entities with a browser textarea.
Text / browser tool
HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder
Escape or unescape common HTML entities such as ampersands and angle brackets.
Safely inspect how text is represented inside HTML markup.
Your inputs stay on your device
Encode or decode HTML entities
live resultText stays in this browser tab. Review generated or formatted output before using it in production code or published content.
Context & Reference
How it works
For viewing text safely as common HTML entities or reversing them.
encoder guideHow to use it
Use this encoder with your own values, then review the clearly labelled result and copy it when you need it elsewhere.
Understand the result
Encoding changes &, <, >, quotes, and apostrophes to entities.
Example
Encode <strong>Tom & Ada</strong>.
Practical tip
Only the listed five characters are explicitly escaped.
Notes
This encoder runs locally in this browser. Only the listed five characters are explicitly escaped.
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