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HTML Escape / Unescape

Escape special characters to HTML entities (< > & " ') or decode entities back to text.

In-browser · no upload

Runs entirely in your browser. Your files and text are not uploaded to our servers.

To escape HTML, paste text and select Escape — characters like < and & become entities so they display as text instead of being interpreted as markup. Unescape converts named and numeric entities back into characters.

How to use the HTML Escape / Unescape

  1. 1

    Paste text

  2. 2

    Escape or unescape

    Optionally encode all non-ASCII characters.

  3. 3

    Copy the result

Features

  • All entities

    Decodes every named and numeric entity.

  • Safe decoding

    Decoded markup is never executed.

Examples

<p>Tom & Jerry</p> ⇄ &lt;p&gt;Tom &amp; Jerry&lt;/p&gt;

Privacy and file handling

Where it runs
Runs in your browser

Runs entirely in your browser. Your files and text are not uploaded to our servers.

Frequently asked questions

When should I escape HTML?

When showing code examples on a web page, or inserting user text into HTML, so it displays literally instead of being rendered.

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