About this tool
Escape special and non-ASCII characters into HTML entities so they display literally in a web page, or decode named and numeric entities back into plain text. Useful when showing code or symbols inside HTML.
Frequently asked questions
Why escape characters like < and &?
In HTML these have special meaning. Escaping them to < and & makes them render as literal characters instead of markup.
Does it decode named entities?
Yes. Both numeric (é) and named (é) entities decode back to the original character.