HTML Entities Converter (&#; codes) Online

Ever had your text from the database or elsewhere littered with code beginning with [&] and ending with cis [;]? Your solution has arrived, convert or remove any HTML entity with our HTML Entities converter.

What are HTML entities?

HTML entities are special characters that have special meanings within an HTML document. They are represented by an entity code, which starts with a '&' character and ends with a semicolon ';'. HTML entities are used to represent characters that cannot be displayed directly in HTML, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, and emojis.

For example, the accented character 'á' can be represented as an HTML entity The. When a browser renders an HTML document, it automatically converts all HTML entities into their corresponding characters before displaying the content on the screen.

How to remove HTML entities using JavaScript

Sometimes it may be necessary to remove HTML entities from text before displaying it on the screen. For example, if you are extracting text from a webpage, you might want to strip out all HTML entities to display only plain text.

Fortunately, it's easy to remove or convert HTML entities using our form below:

Why is my text full of HTML entities?

There are several situations where text can end up containing HTML entities, some of them include:

1. Text copied from a web page – When you copy text from a web page, the text may contain HTML entities that were used to display special characters or mathematical symbols.
2. HTML form submission – If an HTML form allows the entry of text with special characters, these characters can be automatically converted to HTML entities to avoid security issues or incorrect formatting.
3. Interacting with APIs – If you are interacting with an API that returns data in HTML format, the text can contain HTML entities.
4. Inserting content into a CMS – Some content management systems (CMS) can automatically convert special characters into HTML entities to ensure compatibility with various browsers and operating systems.
5. Text Manipulation with Plugins – A great example in which I faced and decided to create this converter was due to the Translatepress plugin that ends up generating translations with entities inside the database.

HTML Entity List

Here is a complete list of common HTML entities, organized by category:

General Symbols

• & – & (and commercial)
• < – < (less than)
• > – > (bigger then)
• " – ” (double quotes)
• ' – ‘ (single quotes)
• ¢ – ¢ (penny)
• £ – £ (pound sterling)
• ¥ – ¥ (Japanese yen)
• € – € (euro)
• © – © (Copyright)
• ® – ® (trademark)
• ™ – ™ (trade mark)
• ¦ – ¦ (broken vertical bar)
• § – § (section)
• ¶ – ¶ (paragraph)
• · – · (midpoint)
• • – • (point)
• … – … (ellipsis)

Mathematical Symbols

• ± – ± (more or less)
• × – × (multiplication)
• ÷ – ÷ (division)
• = – = (equal)
• ≠ – ≠ (different)
• ≤ – ≤ (less or equal)
• ≥ – ≥ (Bigger or equal)
• ∞ – ∞ (infinite)

arrows

• ← – ← (left arrow)
• ↑ – ↑ (Up arrow)
• → – → (right arrow)
• ↓ – ↓ (arrow down)
• ↔ – ↔ (left and right arrow)
• ↵ – ↵ (carriage return arrow)
• ⇐ – ⇐ (double left arrow)
• ⇑ – ⇑ (double up arrow)
• ⇒ – ⇒ (double right arrow)
• ⇓ – ⇓ (double down arrow)
• ⇔ – ⇔ (double left and right arrow)

Punctuation

• ¡ – ¡ (inverted exclamation point)
• ¿ – ¿ (inverted question mark)
• « – « (left angled quotes)
• » – » (right angle quotes reversed)
• ‘ – ‘ (single quotes to the left)
• ’ – ’ (single quotes to the right)
• “ – “ (double quotes to the left)
• – – – (dash)
• — – — (long dash)
• ‘ – ‘ (single quotes to the left)
• ’ – ’ (single quotes to the right)
• ‚ – ‚ (lower single quotes)
• “ – “ (double quotes to the left)
• ” – ” (double quotes to the right)
• „ – „ (lower double quotes)
• ‹ – ‹ (left angled single quote)
• › – › (right angled single quote)
• « – « (left double angle quote)
• … – … (ellipsis)
• ‾ – ‾ (top line)
• ‍ – ‍ (add zero width)
• ‌ -‌ (do not join zero width)

Currency Symbols

• ¤ – ¤ (generic currency symbol)
• € – € (euro)
• ¢ – ¢ (penny)
• £ – £ (pound sterling)
• ¥ – ¥ (Japanese yen)
• $ – $ (American dollar)

Card Symbols

• ♠ – ♠ (swords)
• ♣ – ♣ (points)
• ♥ – ♥ (hearts)
• ♦ – ♦ (diamonds)
• Other Special Symbols
• ‰ – ‰ (per thousand)
• ′ – ′ (foot mark)
• ″ – ″ (inch mark)
• ‾ – ‾ (top line)
• ⁄ – ⁄ (fraction bar)
• ℘ – ℘ (uppercase script letter P)
• ℑ – ℑ (uppercase script letter I)
• ℜ – ℜ (uppercase script letter R)
• ℵ – ℵ (aleph)