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HTML Entity Decoder

Convert HTML entities back to text.

What Is a HTML Entity Decoder?

The HTML Entity Decoder converts HTML entities back into their original characters. Both named entities (&, <, ©) and numeric references (→, ✓) are supported, which is useful for reading raw HTML source or extracting text from encoded content. This free online tool is useful for HTML entity decoder, decode HTML entities, HTML unescape online. Common use cases include HTML source inspection, scraped content, text extraction, and web debugging. It is designed for quick browser-based hashing, encoding, decoding, encryption testing, checksum comparison, identifier generation, and cryptography education. For production security, follow the algorithm's current standards, key-management requirements, and application-specific security guidance.

How to Use This HTML Entity Decoder

  1. 1
    Choose the operationDecide whether you need to encode or decode the input.
  2. 2
    Enter the dataPaste the text, URL, hexadecimal value, binary value, or encoded string.
  3. 3
    Validate the formatUse the character set and input rules described by the tool.
  4. 4
    Review the resultThe converted representation appears immediately.
  5. 5
    Copy the outputUse it in your development, debugging, education, or data-processing workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

This tool decodes all numeric character references (decimal and hex) and a wide set of common named entities such as &, <, >, ", ©, and —.
The built-in table covers the most common named entities. For completeness, unknown named entities are left as-is rather than being incorrectly replaced.

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