HTML Entity Decoder
Runs in your browser — your data is never uploaded.
Paste HTML-entity-encoded text and get the original characters back — supports common named entities as well as decimal and hexadecimal numeric character references. Runs entirely in your browser.
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How to use HTML Entity Decoder
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Paste the entity-encoded text into the box.
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Click “Decode”.
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Copy the result, or download it as a .txt file.
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Frequently asked questions
Can it decode text that was encoded twice, like &?+
One pass turns & into &. If your text was encoded more than once, run the result through again to peel off each additional layer until the raw characters appear.
Which entities are supported?+
The common named entities (&, <, >, ",  , ©, — and similar), plus any decimal (é) or hexadecimal (é) numeric character reference.
What happens to entities it doesn’t recognize?+
Unrecognized named entities are left exactly as-is in the output rather than guessed at or silently dropped.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?+
No. Decoding runs entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to a server.