HTML Entities Encoder & Decoder
Encode special characters to HTML entities or decode entities like & and © back to text. Free and private.
What are HTML entities?
HTML entities are codes like & and < that stand for characters which have a special meaning in HTML or are hard to type. Encoding them stops text from being read as markup, and decoding turns them back into readable text.
What is an HTML entity?+
A code such as & or < that represents a character with special meaning in HTML or one that is hard to type.
Why encode HTML?+
Encoding stops text from being interpreted as markup, which is important when showing user input or code samples on a web page.
Is decoding safe?+
Yes. Decoding returns plain text and the result is never inserted into the page as HTML.