Introduction
HTML Encode Online is a free tool that converts special characters to their HTML entity equivalents and vice versa. Protect your web pages from rendering issues and XSS vulnerabilities by properly encoding user input.
How to use:
1. Enter or paste your text in the input box below.
2. Click "Encode" to convert special characters to HTML entities, or "Decode" to convert entities back to characters.
3. Use the copy button to quickly copy the result.
Input Text:
Result:
About HTML Encode Online:
HTML encoding (also known as HTML escaping) is the process of replacing special characters with their corresponding HTML entities. For example, the less-than sign < becomes <, the ampersand & becomes &, and double quotes " become ".
This is essential when displaying user-generated content on web pages. Without proper encoding, browsers may interpret special characters as HTML markup, which can break the page layout or, worse, create cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.
This tool encodes all five critical HTML characters: & (ampersand), < (less-than), > (greater-than), " (double quote), and ' (single quote / apostrophe). The decode function reverses the process, converting HTML entities back to their original characters. All processing happens entirely in your browser.