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HTML Entity Converter

Convert characters that have special meaning in HTML (like <, >, &, ") into their safe 'Entity' equivalents (like &lt;, &gt;, &amp;, &quot;). This is critical for web security to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks and to display code snippets correctly on a webpage without the browser trying to run them.

Input Text

0 characters, 0 words

Output Text

0 characters, 0 words

Escape/Unescape Strings

Convert text for HTML entities

Who Uses This Tool

  • • Web Developers preventing XSS
  • • Bloggers posting code tutorials
  • • Content Management System users
  • • Security Researchers

Key Features

  • ✓ Encodes specialized characters
  • ✓ Decodes HTML entities back to text
  • ✓ Supports Named Entities (&copy;)
  • ✓ Supports Numeric Entities (&#169;)
  • ✓ Bulk processing

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I see &amp; instead of &?

That is an HTML Entity. Browsers interpret '&' as the start of a code sequence. Using '&amp;' tells the browser 'just display the ampersand symbol, don't run code'.

Is this different from URL Encoding?

Yes. URL encoding (percent-encoding like %20) is for addresses. HTML escaping (entities like &nbsp;) is for page content display.

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