Developer HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

Convert special characters like &, <, and > to HTML entities, or decode entities back to plain text.

How to use this tool

Switch to Encode to convert special characters (&, <, >, quotes) into their HTML entity equivalents, safe to embed inside HTML markup. Switch to Decode to turn entities like &amp; back into readable text. Everything runs locally in your browser.

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