HTML entities encoder / decoder

Encode special characters to HTML entities (named, numeric or hex) or decode entities back to characters.

Features

Escapes special characters like <, > and & into safe HTML entities, and decodes them back.
Outputs named (&), numeric (&) or hex (&) references to suit your template.
Handles accents, symbols and emoji so any character survives inside HTML markup.

How it works

Select Encode to escape characters or Decode to turn entities back into text.
Paste the characters or HTML entities you want to convert.
Choose Named, Numeric or Hex output, then copy the escaped result.

Your files never leave this page

Every conversion runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. There is no upload, no server-side processing, no analytics, and no cookies. Open DevTools → Network during the operation and you will see zero outbound traffic.

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