HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

They render the same. < is a named entity, < decimal and < hex.

Escape and unescape HTMLRuns locally · nothing uploaded

Input

Output

&lt;a href=&quot;/?q=1&amp;lang=zh&quot;&gt;Café © 2026 — “Hello”&lt;/a&gt;

Also works as:html escapehtml unescapehtml entitiesencode html

How to use

When do I need to escape HTML?

When showing user input or code on a page; escaping < > & stops it being parsed as markup and is basic XSS protection.

< vs <?

They render the same. < is a named entity, < decimal and < hex.