HTML Encoder

Encode special characters into HTML entities.

HTML Encoder turns characters like <, >, and & into entities so you can display code samples as text inside HTML pages.

Input

Output

When to use HTML Encoder

Publishing code examples on a webpage
Escaping user-facing text that includes tags
Preparing snippets for documentation

Example

<p class="x">A & B</p>
→ &lt;p class=&quot;x&quot;&gt;A &amp; B&lt;/p&gt;

Benefits

Free to use—no account required
Runs in your browser
Instant results with no software install
Basic processing does not upload your content to a server
Encoding is for display. Decoding reverses entities back to characters.

Not the same as

To remove tags entirely, use HTML Tag Stripper. To decode entities, use HTML Decoder.

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