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HTML Entity Encode
Encode &, <, >, and quotes as HTML entities.
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About this tool
Replaces the five characters that have special meaning in HTML with safe entities: & becomes &, < becomes <, > becomes >, a double quote becomes " and a single quote becomes '. This lets you show code or text on a page without the browser treating it as markup. All other characters, including accented letters and emoji, are left as they are; they do not need escaping if your page uses UTF-8. Encoding helps when placing text inside HTML content or quoted attributes, but it is not a complete security solution on its own. It runs in your browser.
How to use it
- Paste the text or HTML you want to display literally.
- Copy the encoded output.
- Paste it into your HTML source.
Example
Input
<a href="x">Tom & 'J'</a>
Result
<a href="x">Tom & 'J'</a>
Common problems
- Accented letters are not converted
- Only five characters are encoded. Make sure your page is served as UTF-8 so other characters display correctly.
- Text is encoded twice
- Encoding already-encoded text turns & into &amp;. Encode the raw source once.
- Using it for security
- Escaping rules differ in scripts, URLs and CSS contexts. This tool is only for HTML text and attribute values.