XML Escape/Unescape

Escape and unescape XML strings — properly encode special characters for XML documents.

EscapeUnescapeXMLEntities

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XML Escape converts special XML characters to their entity equivalents (<, >, ", ', &).

This tool lets you escape text for safe inclusion in XML documents and unescape XML entities back to readable text.

Critical for properly formatting XML data and preventing parsing errors when dealing with special characters.

Input: <data>Price: 5 < 10 & 10 > 5</data>
Output: &lt;data&gt;Price: 5 &lt; 10 &amp; 10 &gt; 5&lt;/data&gt;

XML tags and comparison operators are escaped for safe storage in text content.

Input: id="123" and name='test'
Output: id=&quot;123&quot; and name=&apos;test&apos;

Both single and double quotes are escaped properly.

Input: &lt;note&gt;&amp; &quot;alert&quot;&lt;/note&gt;
Output: <note>& "alert"</note>

XML entities are converted back to their original characters.

The original XML may have been double-escaped or contain invalid character sequences.

Verify the XML is well-formed and entities are correctly formatted (&name;).

Multiple escape/unescape cycles can cause issues. Start fresh from the original source.

Only escape once and store the result. Unescape when you need to use it.

XML requires escaping both single and double quotes (' and "), while HTML uses ' for single quotes. XML is stricter about entity requirements.

Five characters must always be escaped: < (<), > (>), " ("), ' ('), and & (&). The & must be first to avoid double-escaping.

Yes, CDATA sections allow you to include unescaped text, but they cannot contain ]]>. For most cases, using entities is simpler and more compatible.

Yes. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

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