HTML Encode/Decode
Convert characters into HTML entities and vice-versa.
🔒 100% private
⚡ Instant results
∞ No limits
About HTML Encode/Decode
Convert characters into HTML entities and vice-versa. It runs entirely in your browser — no content you enter is ever sent to our servers or stored anywhere.
Free to use with no daily limits and no account required.
💡 Common Use Cases
- Safely display user-generated content in HTML
- Encode code snippets for display in web pages
- Prevent XSS vulnerabilities in web apps
- Decode HTML entities from scraped content
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
To display text safely in HTML without it being interpreted as markup. For example, < becomes < so it shows as a literal less-than sign.
The main ones are < > & " and '. These are converted to their HTML entity equivalents.
Yes — select "HTML Decode" from the Mode dropdown to convert entities back to regular characters.
Yes — HTML-encoding user-generated content is a fundamental technique for preventing cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.