When to use HTML Encoder

Publishing code examples on a webpage
Escaping user-facing text that includes tags
Preparing snippets for documentation

Example

Input

<p>A & B</p>

Output

&lt;p&gt;A &amp; B&lt;/p&gt;

How to use

Paste raw text. Include any <, >, &, or quotes you need escaped.
Encode. Run to convert special characters into entities.
Paste into HTML. Use the encoded text where the browser should show symbols, not tags.

Processing and limitations

Escapes ampersands, angle brackets and both quote characters. This is text escaping, not a general HTML sanitizer. Encode once; encoding an existing entity again produces &lt;.

Reference

Benefits

Free to use—no account required
Runs in your browser
Instant results with no software install
Basic processing does not upload your content to a server
Encoding is for display. Decoding reverses entities back to characters.

Not the same as

To remove tags entirely, use HTML Tag Stripper. To decode entities, use HTML Decoder.

HTML Encoder