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HTML Entity Decoder

Safely convert HTML entities back into their original characters. Ideal for cleaning up scraped data or viewing raw HTML content.

Configuration

Remove all HTML tags from output

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How to use HTML Entity DecodeEvery option explained, a worked example, and what to check when the output looks wrong.Read the guide

Reversing HTML Entities: Clarity from Complexity

While encoding protects browsers, decoding brings clarity to developers. Our HTML Decoder instantly translates numeric and named entities back into readable text, ensuring you can inspect raw data payloads without the mental overhead of entity mapping.

How It Works

This tool utilizes the browser's native DOMParser API. By injecting the encoded string into a temporary DOM context, we use the browser's own rendering engine to perfectly resolve even complex, nested, or obscure entities (like ✓ or ☎).

"Input: &lt;script&gt; → Output: <script>"

How to use HTML Entity Decoder

  1. Paste or type your input into the editor on the left.
  2. Leave the defaults, or tweak them if the tool exposes options.
  3. The result appears on the right as you type.
  4. Copy the output or download it.

This tool runs in your browser. Your input is not uploaded or stored.

Use it from the API

Everything this page does is also available as a REST endpoint, so you can call HTML Entity Decoder from your own code, a script or a CI pipeline.

Bash
curl "https://api.toolsxpo.com/v1/html-decode" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer txp_live_YOUR_KEY"

The endpoint returns a JSON envelope ({ ok, data, meta }) and costs 1 credit per successful call. Try it in the playground or browse the full API reference.

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