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HTML Entity Converter

Escape special characters to HTML entities, or decode them back.

Worth Knowing

HTML entities let you display characters that would otherwise be interpreted as markup — the less-than sign must become < or the browser reads it as the start of a tag. Beyond the structural characters, entities also encode symbols hard to type directly, like © or —. Escaping user-supplied text into entities is a frontline defense against cross-site scripting, since it neutralizes any HTML a malicious user tries to inject by rendering it as visible text rather than live markup.

How to Use

  1. Choose your mode into the HTML Entity Converter above.
  2. Set any additional options: Text.
  3. The output updates instantly and is ready to copy.

Frequently Asked Questions