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HTML Entity Decoder

Use HTML Entity Decoder free in your browser. No account required; your input is processed locally in your browser.

Runs locallyYour inputs stay in your browser.
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CONVERSION LOGIC

Decode HTML entities

The browser HTML parser is used to convert entity references back into characters.

HTML entitiesDecoded textRuns locally
01HTML entities
02Parse entities
03Decoded text

&lt; → <

GOOD TO KNOW

Named and numeric entities are browser-parsed

Decoding relies on the browser HTML parser rather than a small hard-coded replacement table.

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Your content stays in the browser

Processing runs locally in the page without requiring the content to be sent to UtilityLake.

02

In short

What exactly does it do?

The browser HTML parser is used to convert entity references back into characters.

Example?

&lt; → <