HTML Entity Text Decoder
Decode one pass of amp, lt, gt, quot, apos, and valid decimal/hex numeric references. This deliberately limited text decoder never creates DOM nodes or treats input as HTML.
How to use HTML Entity Text Decoder
- Enter or paste “Entity-encoded text”. Follow the separators and formatting described in the tool introduction.
- Select Calculate or Process. Review the result and any validation message before copying or downloading available output. Reset clears the result and restores the starting inputs.
Method & assumptions
Replace the five supported named entities and valid nonzero Unicode scalar numeric entities, once.
Worked example
< becomes <, not <, because decoding is one pass.
Results and projections are informational estimates, not financial, medical, legal, tax, or property advice. Check assumptions, units, rounding, and local requirements independently. Investment illustrations do not guarantee returns. Keep original files and check transformed output before use.
Questions, answered
Does decoded markup execute?
Not in this engine: it returns a string. Always render results with textContent. Other named HTML entities are left unchanged; this is not a complete HTML parser.
Does this send my input to a server?
No. This engine processes input locally without network requests. The surrounding website may have its own analytics or scripts; avoid entering sensitive material on an untrusted site. Text fields accept at most 1,000,000 UTF-16 units unless a smaller field limit is stated.