HTML Escape / HTML Encode
Convert special HTML characters into their safe equivalents so they display correctly on web pages without breaking your HTML markup or creating security vulnerabilities.
What Does This Tool Do?
Certain characters have special meaning in HTML — for example, < starts a tag and & starts a special character code. If you want to display these characters as plain text on a web page (not as HTML code), you need to "escape" them first. This tool converts those special characters into safe codes that a browser will display correctly instead of interpreting as HTML.
Key Features
How to Use This Tool
- Paste the text you want to display safely on a web page.
- Click Convert to escape all HTML-special characters.
- Copy the output and use it safely inside your HTML code.
How It Works
Five characters have special meaning in HTML and need to be replaced with safe codes before being used in web pages. The & character becomes &, < becomes <, > becomes >, double quotes become ", and apostrophes become '. Web browsers then display these codes as the actual characters, without interpreting them as HTML.
Common Use Cases
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is HTML escaping important for security?
Without escaping, user input containing