HTML Encode

Escape HTML entities to safely display raw markup as text.

Raw HTML
Encoded Entities
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which characters get escaped?▾

& < > " and ' — the five characters that have special meaning in HTML markup or attribute values.

When do I need this?▾

Whenever you're displaying user-supplied or arbitrary text inside HTML and want it to render as literal text rather than be interpreted as markup — a basic defense against unintentionally broken (or malicious) markup.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?▾

No — encoding runs entirely in your browser.