HTML Decoder

The HTML Decoder converts HTML entity codes back into their original plain-text characters, letting you read and reuse content that has been HTML-encoded. When text passes through a content management system, email builder, or web scraping pipeline, special characters are often replaced with entity codes such as &, <, >, and ". While browsers render these entities correctly inside a web page, the raw entity codes are difficult to read and edit in a text editor or spreadsheet.

This tool reverses that encoding by parsing every named and numeric HTML entity in your input and replacing it with the corresponding character. It handles the standard named entities for ampersand, angle brackets, and quotation marks, as well as numeric entities like & and hexadecimal entities like &. The decoding is performed by creating a temporary DOM element in your browser and leveraging the browser's native HTML parser, which guarantees accurate handling of the full HTML entity specification.

Common use cases include cleaning up scraped web content, restoring readable text from encoded database exports, preparing content for migration between platforms, and debugging API responses that return HTML-encoded strings. Developers frequently encounter double-encoded entities where & appears instead of a simple ampersand, and this tool can be applied iteratively to resolve each layer of encoding.

All processing runs locally in your browser with no server round-trips, so your data stays private. Paste your encoded text, see the decoded result instantly, and copy it wherever you need clean, readable content.