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HTML entities
Escape HTML-sensitive text and decode named or numeric entities.
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Using this tool
Escape HTML-sensitive characters or decode named and numeric entities.
Actions: Escape · Unescape
Example
Choose Escape to encode the tag delimiters and ampersand.
Example action and settings
Action: Escape
Input / action
<b>A & B</b>
Result / expected behavior
<b>A & B</b>
Scope and limitations
- Entity escaping is not HTML sanitization or a substitute for context-specific attribute, URL or script handling.
Common mistakes
- Escaping twice escapes ampersands again; check whether the input is already escaped.
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