Escape and Unescape HTML Entities Online

The HTML Escape and Unescape tool converts special characters like tags and symbols into their safe HTML entity equivalents (e.g., < to &lt;) — essential for preventing XSS attacks or displaying code on web pages. It also allows you to quickly revert encoded entities back to their original characters. This tool is free, private, and runs entirely in your browser.

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   Choose Escape or Unescape mode using the toggle.

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   Paste your text or HTML with entities into the input field.

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   Copy the converted output instantly from the result area.

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   Paste the text or HTML code you want to escape or unescape.

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   Click Escape to secure the code or Unescape to retrieve the original.

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   Copy the processed output to use in your web project.

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   What are HTML entities used for?

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   HTML entities are used to display characters that have special meaning in HTML, preventing the browser from interpreting them as code or tags.