HTML Decoder

HTML Decoder is used to decode or unescape text that has been encoded using HTML encoding, back to it's original form.

All processing happens on the client-side, locally in your browser. No data is uploaded.

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Settings

How the input is converted. Each is explained below.

Decode unicode escape characters

If selected, decodes unicode escape characters such as \u0026

Unescape backslash

If selected, double backslash \\ is converted to a single backslash \

Use non breaking space

If selected,   is replaced by the non breaking space character \u00A0 else it is replaced by the regular space

2017-10-26Scroll to ouput on submit (configurable)
2017-10-26Ability to decode unicode escape characters & support for replacing non-breaking space with regular space in HTML Decoder
2017-10-01Tool Launched

Decode unicode escape characters

If selected, replaces unicode escape characters such as \u0026 with their unicode character counterparts.

Input

Beauty \u0026 the Beast

Decode unicode escape characters on

Beauty & the Beast

Decode unicode escape characters off

Beauty \u0026 the Beast

Unescape backslash

If selected, double backslash \\ is converted to a single backslash \

This is useful if the entire input is encoded HTML inside a string in JavaScript or JSON.

Input

Beauty \\u0026 the Beast

Unescape backslash on

Beauty & the Beast

Unescape backslash off

Beauty \& the Beast

Use non breaking space

If selected,   is replaced by the non breaking space character \u00A0 else it is replaced by the regular space.

A non breaking space prevents a line break from appearing in its place when the text is being word wrapped.

Certain characters need to be encoded (escaped) in HTML. Read more at wikipedia.

Language	Encode	Decode	Example	Documentation
C#	`System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode()`	`System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode()`	Example	HtmlEncode() HtmlDecode()
VB .NET	`System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode()`	`System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode()`	Example	HtmlEncode() HtmlDecode()
Java	`org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml()`	`org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml()`	Example	escapeHtml() unescapeHtml()
JavaScript	`htmlEncode()`	`htmlDecode()`	Example
Python	`html.escape()`	`html.unescape()`	escape() unescape()	Documentation