HTML Escape / Unescape Documentation

Escape HTML special characters into entities or unescape entities back into raw HTML text.

SiteIndex converts reserved characters such as <, >, &, and quotes into their HTML entity equivalents, or reverses the process to decode entities back into readable text, entirely in your browser.

• Safely embed user-generated text inside HTML without breaking markup.
• Decode HTML entities copied from a web page or API response.
• Prepare text snippets for safe inclusion in templates or emails.

Input

Text, files, or values entered in the browser, depending on the tool.

Output

A result shown in the browser that can be reviewed or copied where supported.

• Escaping text is not general HTML sanitization or JavaScript/CSS/URL-context encoding.
• Unescape produces raw characters; inserting that result as executable HTML can be unsafe.

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