HTML Entity Encoder and Decoder

How to use the HTML Entity Encoder and Decoder

What does the HTML Entity Encoder and Decoder do?

Encode special characters as HTML entities or decode entities back to text; It applies this page-specific rule: encode special characters as HTML entities or decode entities back to text.

Which inputs does this tool use?

To encode special characters as html entities or decode entities back to text, enter Input, Result; keep every value in the same example; select Process text when the values are ready; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - Enter the value or list you want to check in the labeled controls - so the expected result can confirm the settings.

How should the tool result be read?

For a result intended to encode special characters as html entities or decode entities back to text, enter the value or list you want to check in the labeled controls; read result together with the original input rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.

Can named and numeric entities be decoded?

When the goal is to encode special characters as html entities or decode entities back to text, this implementation convert reserved characters and optional non-ASCII characters to entities, or parse named and numeric entities into Unicode.

Will quotes be encoded?

When using the page to encode special characters as html entities or decode entities back to text, the tool handles only the format and rules described on this page.

Limits and accuracy

When using this tool to encode special characters as html entities or decode entities back to text, your work is processed in this browser tab; check the result in its intended destination before relying on it for important work; keep input until the output has been checked in its intended destination.