HTML Entity Decoder (Extended)

Summary

Paste text containing HTML entities and instantly decode them back to their original Unicode characters.

How it works

1. Paste or type text containing HTML entities into the input box.
2. Decoded output appears instantly in the right panel.
3. Toggle "Decode all" or "Preserve safe entities" mode as needed.
4. Use the copy button to copy the decoded text to your clipboard.
5. Click Swap to move decoded output back to the input for chained operations.

Use cases

• Clean up HTML-escaped database exports before displaying text.
• Debug template engines that double-encode entity sequences.
• Convert scraped HTML snippets to readable plain text.
• Reverse CMS auto-encoding on copy-pasted content.
• Verify that an encoder and decoder round-trip correctly.
• Decode email HTML payloads to inspect the raw content.

Frequently Asked Questions