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HTML Entities

Escape or unescape HTML entity codes.

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About HTML Entities

HTML entities represent characters like <, >, and & using references such as &amp; or &#60;, so they render safely in HTML documents. toco.tools converts between plain text and entity form locally—handy for CMS output, templates, and debugging escaped snippets. Entity encoding alone does not fully prevent XSS; sanitize untrusted HTML with proper libraries before rendering.

How to use

  1. Paste your text
  2. Select encode or decode
  3. Copy the converted text

FAQ

What are HTML entities?

Character references like &amp; that stand for symbols in HTML.

Does it handle Japanese text?

Named entities target symbols; numeric references can represent any Unicode code point.

Is uploaded data sent externally?

No. All processing runs in your browser.