HTML Code Escaper

Make your code visible - simple, fast, and hassle-free

HTML Escaper

What is "Escaping"?

When you want to display HTML code on a website, the browser normally interprets it as actual HTML. To prevent this, you need to replace certain characters with their HTML entities:

  • < becomes &lt;
  • > becomes &gt;
  • & becomes &amp;
  • " becomes &quot;
  • ' becomes &#39;

This way, <div> becomes the text &lt;div&gt;, which is then displayed as readable code.

Depending on the amount of code, this can be very time-consuming - that's why this little tool exists.

Escape & Unescape

The tool works in both directions:

→ Escape

Converts HTML code to visible text:

<div> → &lt;div&gt;

← Unescape

Converts escaped code back to HTML:

&lt;div&gt; → <div>

Pro Tip: Multi-Level Escaping

You can also escape code multiple times - this is super useful when you want to show how escaping works!

Example:

  1. Start: <div>
  2. 1× Escape: &lt;div&gt;
  3. 2× Escape: &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;
  4. 1× Unescape: &lt;div&gt;
  5. 2× Unescape: <div>

This way you can show in tutorials that &lt; becomes <, without the browser converting it immediately!