HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder
Encode and decode HTML entities, special characters, Unicode symbols, and emoji. Prevent XSS by escaping user input for safe display.
HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder
What is HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder?
HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder is a web security and development tool that converts between raw characters and their HTML entity equivalents. HTML entities or character references represent special characters that have meaning in HTML markup angle brackets less-than greater-than must be escaped as ampersand-lt-semicolon and ampersand-gt-semicolon to prevent rendering as HTML tags ampersands become ampersand-amp-semicolon double and single quotes become ampersand-quot-semicolon and ampersand hash thirty-nine semicolon for safe attribute usage and non-ASCII characters like copyright euro n-tilde or emoji can be written as named entities or numeric character references to guarantee display consistency across character encodings. Properly escaping untrusted user input before rendering it in HTML is the primary defense against cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities. This tool supports both named entities from the HTML5 specification with two thousand plus entity names and decimal hex numeric character references handles emoji and full Unicode input correctly and offers batch processing for entire HTML templates with one-click encoding or decoding.
When to Use HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder
Use when escaping user-generated content to prevent XSS, encoding special characters for email templates, decoding garbled entity text, or converting legacy HTML with heavy entity usage.
How to Use HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder
Choose encode or decode mode. Paste text or HTML. Select character sets to encode all non-ASCII, only HTML special chars, everything. Results appear instantly with copy to clipboard.
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