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HTML Unescape

Unescape HTML entities back to readable characters for parsing and display

HTML (Escaped)
Input
Mode
HTML (Unescaped)
Output

What is HTML Unescape?

This HTML Unescape tool converts HTML entities back into their original characters. When you receive HTML content with escaped entities like &lt;, &gt;, &amp;, or &quot;, this tool decodes them back to <, >, &, and quotes. This is useful when parsing API responses, debugging web scraping results, or converting escaped HTML from databases and CMS systems back to readable format.

How to Use

1

Paste HTML content containing entities (e.g., &lt;div&gt;)

2

Click Unescape to convert entities back to characters

3

Copy the unescaped output for use in your application

4

Use for parsing API responses, debugging, or content processing

Common Use Cases

Decode HTML entities from API responses and web scraping

Convert escaped HTML from CMS or database output

Debug HTML content that appears with visible entities

Parse RSS feeds and XML data containing HTML entities

Convert legacy content with escaped characters

Process email templates with HTML entities

Key Features

Instant HTML entity decoding

Converts all common entities (&lt;, &gt;, &amp;, &quot;, etc.)

Handles numeric entities (&#39;, &#60;)

One-click copy to clipboard

Works locally in your browser - no server upload

Quick Examples

Try these to get started

Unescape HTML entities

Convert entities back to HTML characters

&lt;div&gt;Hello World&lt;/div&gt;

Decode mixed entities

Unescape all types of HTML entities

Text with &lt;brackets&gt; &amp; &quot;quotes&quot;

Decode numeric entities

Convert numeric HTML entities to characters

&#60;p&#62;Copyright &#169; 2024&#60;/p&#62;

Common Questions

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