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HTML Entities Converter

Encode text as HTML entities (minimal, named or numeric) and decode entities back to text.

How to use

Enter text, then Encode to convert it to HTML entities or Decode to turn entities back into characters. Three encode modes are available: Minimal converts only & < > " and '; Named uses named entities such as &copy; where a name exists and numeric references otherwise; Numeric converts every non-ASCII character to a decimal reference such as &#169;.

Notes

Everything runs in your browser. Decoding supports named entities from this tool's table, decimal references (&#169;) and hexadecimal references (&#xA9;). Unknown names are left unchanged.

FAQ

Is &apos; decoded?

Yes, &apos; maps to '. Note it was not part of HTML4.

Can Japanese characters become named entities?

No named entities exist for them, so Named mode falls back to numeric references.