Decode HTML entity

Decode HTML named and numeric character references into Unicode text.

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ToolHTML Entity Decoder
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How it works

Named, decimal, and hexadecimal references become code points according to HTML tokenizer rules. Invalid or ambiguous references follow browser error recovery rather than strict XML behavior.

  • HTML’s reference set is broader than XML.
  • Browser-compatible recovery is useful for scraped web text.

Worked example

Decode escaped HTML markup
Convert named HTML entities in escaped markup back to readable characters
Input
											<h1>Hello & World</h1> © 2025
Output
												<h1>Hello & World</h1> © 2025

When to use this

Scrapers, CMS previews, and escaped-markup tests decode entities.

Edge cases

  • &amp; must not be decoded through an unintended second pass.
  • Some references decode without a semicolon in text contexts.
  • Invalid numeric points use HTML replacement rules.

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