HTML Entity Decoder
About HTML Decoder
The HTML Entity Decoder transforms named HTML entities (&, <, >, "), decimal numeric character references (<, >), and hexadecimal character codes (<, >) back into unescaped raw HTML markup, punctuation, and Unicode symbols.
How to Use HTML Decoder
Step 1
Paste your entity-encoded HTML into the input editor.
Step 2
View the unescaped raw HTML text generated in real time.
Step 3
Toggle recursive decoding if dealing with double-escaped strings.
Step 4
Click "Copy Decoded HTML".
Practical Use Cases for HTML Decoder
Web Scraping & RSS Feed Parsing
Decode HTML entities in scraped article text, RSS XML feeds, and database exports into clean, readable text strings.
API Payload & CMS Content Debugging
Convert double-escaped or entity-encoded CMS content back into standard HTML tags for frontend rendering.
Input & Output Examples
Decoding HTML Entities to Raw Markup
<h1 class="title">Hello &amp; Welcome</h1>
<h1 class="title">Hello & Welcome</h1>
Key Features & Performance
- ✓Decodes all 2,000+ standard HTML5 named entities (©, €, ™).
- ✓Supports decimal (©) and hexadecimal (©) numeric character references.
- ✓Supports recursive decoding for double-escaped entities.
- ✓1-Click Copy decoded text output.
- ✓100% Client-Side memory execution guarantees data privacy.
- ✓Live character length and byte counter.
Key Terminology & Definitions
HTML Entity Decoding
The process of translating character entity references (like ") back into their native literal glyph representations (like ").
Numeric Character Reference (NCR)
An XML/HTML markup structure representing a single Unicode character using its decimal (&#NNN;) or hex (&#xHHH;) code point.