What is HTML Escape Tool?

When you want to display HTML code as-is on a web page or safely handle form input values—this tool has you covered. You can escape (convert) HTML special characters or unescape them back to their original form.

• Real-time escape and unescape execution
• Converts special characters like < and > into safe text
• All processing happens in your browser with no external data transmission

Useful for checking HTML code during development, displaying code in blog posts, safely handling form data, and many other scenarios.

How to Use

Select "Escape" or "Unescape" from the conversion type, then enter your text in the input area. The conversion results appear in real-time.

Escape

Converts HTML special characters into safe strings. For example:

<div>Hello World</div>

When you input the above, it gets escaped like this:

<div>Hello World</div>

Unescape

Converts escaped strings back to their original HTML special characters. This is the reverse of escaping.

Why HTML Escaping is Necessary

Escaping HTML special characters helps prevent the following issues:

Avoiding Security Risks

Displaying user input directly in HTML can pose XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) attack risks. Escaping prevents malicious scripts from being executed.

Accurate Display

Characters like <, >, and & are interpreted as HTML tags, so they won't display as intended without escaping. Escaping allows these characters to be displayed correctly as text.

Displaying Code Examples

When showing HTML code in blogs or documentation, browsers will interpret it as code if not escaped. Escaping allows the code to be displayed as-is.