HTML Entity Encoder & Decoder

Convert special characters to HTML entities for safe inclusion in code, or decode entities back to plain text.

What are HTML Entities?

HTML entities are used to display reserved characters in HTML. For example, you cannot use the less than (<) or greater than (>) signs directly in your text because the browser might mix them up with tags.

Common Entities

Character Entity Name Description
< &lt; Less than
> &gt; Greater than
& &amp; Ampersand
" &quot; Double quote