HTML Entity Decoder

HTML entities are special codes that represent characters in HTML. They start with & and end with ;. For example, &amp;amp; represents &, &amp;lt; represents <, and &amp;nbsp; represents a non-breaking space. They're used for characters that have special meaning in HTML or can't be easily typed.

This usually happens when text has been HTML-encoded for safe display in web pages. When you copy text from a webpage source or receive it from an API, entities may need decoding. Use this tool to convert them back to readable characters.

Double encoding occurs when already-encoded text gets encoded again. The & in &amp;amp; becomes &amp;amp;amp;. This creates garbled text that needs multiple decoding passes. Our tool can handle multiple encoding layers to reach the original text.

No, they're different systems. HTML entities use &name; or &#number; format for HTML display. URL encoding uses %XX format (like %20 for space) for URLs. Each has its own purpose and decoder. Our HTML decode tool specifically handles HTML entities.

Yes, the tool decodes both named entities (like &amp;amp;) and numeric entities in decimal (&#39;) or hexadecimal (&#x27;) format. All represent characters using different notation systems, and all are converted to their actual character values.