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HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder

Encode or decode HTML entities like &, <, ©. Paste any text and flip between raw and escaped in one click.

Updated April 2026

What it does

Escape or unescape HTML entities — &amp;, &lt;, &copy;, numeric references like &#169;, and hex references. Useful when pasting HTML into CMS fields that break on raw <, or when you've received encoded text and want the readable version.

Related: URL encoder/decoder, Base64 encoder/decoder, and Unicode text normalizer.

How to use it

  1. Paste text into either the raw or encoded box.
  2. Click Encode (raw → entity) or Decode (entity → raw).
  3. Toggle whether to escape non-ASCII too.
  4. Copy the converted version.