Encode and decode HTML entities. Switch between minimal, named, and numeric modes for different use cases.
Enter the plain text to encode or the entity string to decode.
Select Encode or Decode. For encoding, choose minimal, named, or numeric mode.
Check the result, optionally swap input/output for another pass, then copy it.
Mode is applied only when encoding
Escapes only &, <, >, " and '
HTML Entity Converter is an online tool that converts special characters into HTML entities, or decodes entities back to plain text. It helps with safe escaping for templates, CMS content editing, and technical documentation.
Minimal mode escapes only the five essential HTML characters. Named mode also converts many common symbols like © and € into named entities.
Numeric mode converts &, <, >, " , ' and non-ASCII characters into numeric entities (for example, ©).
Yes. It supports named entities, decimal numeric entities ({), and hexadecimal numeric entities ({).
During decode, malformed entities or unsupported named entities are treated as conversion errors.
No. All processing is done locally in your browser.