HTML entities encode / decode

Escape special characters for HTML or decode entities back to text.

Input

Output

Encode all non-ASCII as numeric entities

Runs locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How to use

Paste HTML or text.
Click Encode or Decode.
Copy the result.

Questions

Which characters are encoded?

Ampersand, angle brackets, double and single quotes. With the “all non-ASCII” option every character outside ASCII becomes a numeric entity.