Escape a script-like snippet
Escaping lets markup appear as text instead of being interpreted as HTML.
Input
<strong>Hello</strong> & "welcome"Output
<strong>Hello</strong> & "welcome"Developer toolsRuns locally
Local HTML Escape and Unescape
Escape HTML special characters or decode common entities locally when preparing snippets, docs, templates, or copied markup.
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HTML or text
Escaped entities
Converted HTML will appear here.
HTML Escape/Unescape examples
HTML Escape/Unescape use cases
- Show code snippets safely in HTML documentation.
- Decode copied entity-heavy text into readable characters.
- Prepare small strings for templates or CMS fields.
How HTML Escape/Unescape works
- Escape mode replaces special characters with HTML entities.
- Unescape mode decodes common HTML entities back to text.
- All conversion happens in the browser.
HTML Escape/Unescape mistakes to avoid
- HTML escaping is context-specific and does not replace output encoding in an app.
- Escaping HTML is different from URL encoding.
- Double-escaping can leave visible entities in rendered content.
HTML Escape/Unescape privacy and processing
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HTML Escape/Unescape FAQ
Does this sanitize unsafe HTML?
No. It escapes or unescapes text. Application security still needs context-aware output encoding and sanitization.
What characters are usually escaped?
Common HTML escaping includes ampersand, less-than, greater-than, double quote, and single quote.