HTML Entities Tool
Transform special characters into HTML-safe entity strings and back.
Professional Online HTML Entity Tool
Certain characters have special meanings in HTML (like < which starts a tag). To display these characters as actual text on a webpage, you must use their corresponding "HTML Entities." Our tool makes it easy to escape text for web safety or unescape entity strings back into readable characters.
How to Use the HTML Entity Tool
- Paste Data: Enter the code or text you want to process.
- Encode: Click "Encode Entities" to turn symbols like < into `<`.
- Decode: Click "Decode Entities" to turn `&` back into `&`.
- Use Output: The encoded result is safe to paste directly into your HTML source code.
Why Use HTML Entities?
- Prevent Rendering Errors: Stop the browser from interpreting your text symbols as broken HTML tags.
- Security (XSS Prevention): Escaping user input is a critical step in preventing Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Special Symbols: Easily generate codes for symbols like © (`©`), ™ (`™`), and non-breaking spaces (` `).
HTML Entities FAQ
What are the most common entities?
The "Big Four" are: `<` for <, `>` for >, `&` for `&`, and `"` for `"`.
Named vs. Numeric Entities?
Named entities use easy-to-remember words (like `©`), while numeric entities use character codes (like `©`). Our tool handles the most common named entities for ease of use.
Is this necessary for modern web apps?
Yes. While frameworks often handle basic escaping, manually encoding text is still required for static HTML, emails, and certain CMS inputs.
