Web / HTML

HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder

Convert special characters such as <, >, &, quotes and non-ASCII characters to HTML entities, or decode entities back to readable text.

Input and options

All processing happens locally in your browser. No text is sent to the server.

Common HTML entities

Search by character, entity, Unicode value or short description.

Character Entity Unicode Description

When HTML entities are useful

HTML entities are useful when special characters in HTML text, templates, documentation or code examples should remain visible. For regular page content, encoding the HTML-critical characters is usually enough.

  • HTML text: protect <, > and & so accidental markup is not created.
  • Attributes: also encode quotation marks.
  • Code examples: show complete tags as text without executing them.