HTML Decoder (Unescape HTML Entities, Free)
Decode HTML entities back to plain text.
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Free tier: 2,000 characters.
Why Use an HTML Decoder?
HTML entities like <, >, &, ", and are encoded versions of special characters (<, >, &, ", space). HTML decoders convert these entities back to readable text—essential for extracting plain text from API responses, reading scraped HTML, or debugging encoded content that should display normally.
Common Use Cases
- API responses: Decode HTML entities in JSON/XML API responses to get readable text
- Web scraping: Extract clean text from scraped HTML with encoded entities
- Email parsing: Decode HTML email content to plain text for processing
- RSS feeds: Decode encoded titles and descriptions in RSS/Atom feeds
- Database exports: Decode HTML-encoded strings from database dumps or backups
Why This Tool?
- Complete entity support: Decodes all HTML entities including numeric (') and named (©)
- Instant decoding: Paste encoded HTML and decode in milliseconds
- 100% client-side: Your data never touches our servers—decoding runs in your browser
- Free forever: Unlimited decoding with no rate limits or premium tiers
Pro tip: For encoding text to HTML entities, use our HTML Encoder. To strip all HTML tags and get plain text, try HTML to Plain Text tool.