Protect your web applications and ensure proper rendering by converting reserved characters into safe HTML entities. Our free online HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder provides a quick and reliable way to escape and unescape HTML text for secure data transmission and debugging.
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Tip
Use to create a non-breaking space that prevents the browser from wrapping text at that point.
Best Practice
Always encode user-generated content before rendering it in the browser to prevent security vulnerabilities.
HTML entities are specialized strings used to represent reserved characters or characters not present in the standard character set. Since HTML uses certain characters like < and > to define tags, you must use entities like < and > to display those characters literally on a webpage. An entity typically follows the format of an ampersand followed by a name or number and ending with a semicolon. Proper use of these entities is fundamental to valid web development and data security.
Did You Know?
HTML entities can be represented by descriptive names like © or numeric codes like ©.
Q: What is the difference between encoding and escaping? A: In the context of web development, they are usually the same: the process of replacing a character with its entity equivalent.
Q: Does this tool store my data? A: No, all processing is done within your web browser. Your data is never sent to our servers.
Q: Why does my text have codes like "? A: This usually means the text was encoded twice. You can use our decoder mode to restore it to the original format.
Q: Can this handle foreign language characters? A: Yes, it can convert a wide range of international and Unicode characters into their respective HTML entities.
Tip
If a character isn't rendering properly, use this tool to find its hexadecimal or decimal entity code.