HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder
Encode special characters to HTML entities or decode them back to text.
About the HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder
Encode special characters to HTML entities and decode them back. Prevent XSS and display special characters safely.
Why client-side?
Every byte you paste, type, or upload here is processed entirely inside your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, logged, or stored. That means it's safe to use this tool on production secrets, customer data, internal logs, and any input you would not paste into a hosted SaaS formatter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What are HTML entities?
- HTML entities are special codes that represent characters that have special meaning in HTML, like < (<), > (>), and & (&). They prevent rendering issues and XSS attacks.
- When should I use HTML entity encoding?
- Use HTML entity encoding when displaying user-generated content in web pages to prevent XSS attacks and ensure special characters render correctly.
- Does this tool support named and numeric entities?
- Yes. The tool can encode and decode both named entities (like &) and numeric entities (like &).