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HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder

Convert angle brackets, ampersands and quotes into HTML entities, or decode existing entities back to readable text.

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Why HTML entities matter

Entities represent characters that otherwise have structural meaning in HTML. Escaping them lets code examples and literal symbols display as text.

Entity encoding alone is not a complete XSS defense. Applications must escape values for the exact HTML, attribute, URL or script context.

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Common questions

Does encoding make untrusted HTML safe?

Not universally. Use framework escaping and a trusted sanitizer when rendering user-provided markup.

Does this tool upload my input?

No. Processing uses browser APIs and the input is not sent to our server.