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Guide

How to use this tool, examples, and related tips.

How to Use the HTML Unescape Tool

Paste your HTML-escaped string into the input field.

The tool replaces all HTML entity references — named, decimal, and hexadecimal — with their literal characters.

Copy the unescaped string for reading, editing, or further use.

What Is HTML Unescaping?

HTML unescaping reverses the HTML escaping process. When text is embedded in HTML, reserved characters are replaced with entity references to prevent them from being interpreted as markup. HTML unescaping converts those references back to their original characters — &lt; becomes <, &amp; becomes &, &copy; becomes ©. This is identical in output to HTML decoding; the terms are interchangeable. Use this tool when you've extracted a string from HTML content and need to work with the original characters.

When to Use This Tool

Extracting readable content from HTML — After pulling a text node or attribute value from HTML, unescape it to get the original string.

Processing RSS and Atom feed content — Feed titles, descriptions, and content fields are frequently HTML-escaped; unescape before rendering or storing.

Cleaning scraped content — Web scrapers often return entity-encoded text; unescape it as a first processing step.

Reversing CMS encoding — Some CMS platforms automatically HTML-escape stored content; unescape it when retrieving for non-HTML use.

Related Tools

  • HTML escape
  • HTML decoder
  • HTML formatter
  • XML unescape
  • JSON unescape

FAQ

Answers about this tool and how your data is handled.

What is the difference between HTML unescape and HTML decode?

They are the same operation. Both convert HTML entity references back to literal characters. The tools may be presented separately for discoverability but produce identical output.

Which entities are handled?

All standard HTML5 named entities, decimal numeric references (&#60;), and hexadecimal numeric references (&#x3C;).

What if the input contains invalid entity references?

Unrecognized or malformed entity references are left as-is. Only valid HTML entities are converted.

Does this tool send my data to a server?

No. It runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Can I unescape an entire HTML document with this tool?

This tool is designed for string values. For processing a full HTML document, use the HTML formatter or HTML validator.

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