HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

Encode special characters as HTML entities and decode HTML entities back to plain text. Useful for safely embedding text containing angle brackets, quotes, or ampersands in HTML.

Plain Text / HTML

Encoded Entities

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Why use HTML Entity Encoder?

This tool encodes the characters that are unsafe to embed directly in HTML — &, <, >, ", and ' — into their named entity equivalents, and decodes entities (both named and numeric) back into plain text using the browser's own HTML parser for accuracy.

Key benefits

Handles the five core HTML-unsafe characters
Bidirectional — encode or decode
Runs entirely in your browser

Features

Named entity encoding (&, <, >, ", ')
Full entity decoding via the browser's HTML parser

Popular use cases

Safely embedding user-generated text inside HTML
Decoding entity-encoded text copied from a webpage
Preparing text with special characters for an HTML attribute

How to use HTML Entity Encoder

1
Enter text or HTML
Type or paste text containing special characters like <, >, &, or quotes.
2
Encode or decode
Click Encode to escape special characters, or Decode to convert entities back to plain text.

Frequently asked questions

Which characters get encoded?

The five characters that are unsafe to place directly in HTML: & < > " and ' — each is converted to its named entity equivalent.

Can this decode numeric entities too, like '?

Yes — decoding uses the browser's own HTML parser, which handles both named entities (&) and numeric entities (&).

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. Encoding and decoding both happen entirely in your browser.

Last reviewed: July 2026

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