HTML Unescape: Convert HTML Entities to Characters [2025]

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Convert HTML entities back to their original characters. Supports extended entities, numeric codes, and automatic line break conversion.

✓ Numeric Entities✓ Extended Characters✓ Line Break Support

Supported Entities

Basic Entities

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    Special Characters

    & < > "

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    Currency Symbols

    ¢ £ € ¥

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    Copyright & Trademark

    © ® ™

Advanced Features

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    Numeric Entities

    A A (Decimal & Hex)

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    Line Break Handling

    <br> to newline conversion

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    Extended Characters

    Mathematical & special symbols

Common Use Cases

Content Cleanup

  • • HTML email cleanup
  • • CMS content
  • • Rich text cleanup
  • • Legacy content

Web Development

  • • API responses
  • • Form data
  • • JSON content
  • • XML data

Data Processing

  • • Web scraping
  • • Data migration
  • • Content export
  • • Text extraction

Frequently Asked Questions

What are HTML entities?

HTML entities are special codes that represent characters that might otherwise be interpreted as HTML markup. They start with & and end with ;, like &amp; for &.

How are numeric entities handled?

Both decimal (&#65;) and hexadecimal (&#x41;) numeric entities are automatically converted to their corresponding characters.

What are extended entities?

Extended entities include mathematical symbols, currency symbols, and special punctuation marks. Enable the extended entities option to convert these.

Is it safe to unescape all HTML entities?

Yes, unescaping HTML entities is safe as it simply converts encoded characters back to their original form without executing any code.

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