HTML Decode

HTML Decode — Decode HTML Entities Back to Text Online

The HTML Decode tool is a free online utility that reverses HTML entity encoding, converting strings like &, <, >, ", and numeric references like ' back into their original characters. This is essential when you receive encoded data from an API, scraped a web page that returned HTML-escaped text, exported content from a CMS, or need to verify what a user actually typed before encoding.

What HTML Decoding Solves

HTML pages, JSON APIs, and many database exports store special characters in encoded form to prevent markup injection and security issues. When you read that data programmatically and want to display the original human-readable text — in a report, a translation file, or a user interface that handles plain text — you need to decode it. Reading encoded text directly looks ugly and confuses end users. This decoder strips the entity codes and returns the clean original string.

How to Use the Decoder

Paste your encoded text (containing entities like &, <, etc.) into the input box and click Decode. The tool processes the text instantly, converting every named and numeric entity into its corresponding character. Copy the decoded result with one click. The tool handles all standard HTML5 entities, numeric references (decimal and hexadecimal), and special whitespace characters.

Common Use Cases

Developers debug API responses. SEO analysts read scraped page titles. Translators receive content from CMS exports. Marketers check encoded UTM parameters. The tool is free, instant, mobile-friendly, runs entirely in your browser for privacy, and requires no signup. Bookmark it for fast HTML entity decoding.

Tamer Baghdadi

CEO / Co-Founder