XML Escape/Unescape Tool

XML escape/unescape is a bidirectional tool that converts between special characters and their XML entity representations in both directions. Whether you're a developer preparing text for XML embedding or extracting readable text from XML documents, our combined tool handles both escaping (converting & to &) and unescaping (converting & to &) seamlessly with a simple mode switch.

This tool provides bidirectional conversion between characters and XML entities, supports all standard XML entities (&, <, >, ", '), and allows instant switching between escape and unescape modes. Simply paste your text, select your desired operation, and get instant results. The conversion is performed client-side, ensuring your data remains private and secure.

Bidirectional XML entity conversion is essential in XML development workflows. Developers need both escaping when preparing text for SOAP messages and XML documents, and unescaping when extracting readable content from XML responses. Having a single tool for both operations streamlines development, reduces context switching, and ensures consistency in XML handling across both directions of conversion.

Web service developers use this tool to escape user input before SOAP requests and unescape response text for display, prepare XML payloads and parse XML responses in the same workflow, test XML encoding and decoding behavior quickly, and debug XML entity issues by converting back and forth. Backend engineers benefit from encoding database text for XML export and decoding XML imports for processing, handling both directions of XML integration seamlessly.

The tool saves time by combining two operations in one interface, ensures correct handling in both directions, and eliminates the need to switch between separate tools. It's particularly valuable when developing XML-based APIs, integrating with SOAP web services, or working with XML data interchange formats that require frequent conversion in both directions.

SOAP API Development: Escape request payloads and unescape response data in one tool.

XML Testing: Test both encoding and decoding behavior during XML integration.

Data Transformation: Convert between readable text and XML-safe format bidirectionally.

Debugging: Quickly verify XML entity conversion works correctly in both directions.

Integration Work: Handle both XML generation and parsing in a single workflow.

Configuration Management: Encode values for XML configs and decode for display/editing.

Using our XML escape/unescape tool is simple: paste your text into the input field, select either 'Escape' to convert characters to entities or 'Unescape' to convert entities to characters, and the converted output appears instantly. Switch modes with a single click to perform the opposite operation. Copy the result for use in your XML workflow.

The tool handles all XML special characters and entities correctly in both directions, supports large text blocks, preserves formatting and line breaks, and provides instant bidirectional conversion. All processing is performed client-side in your browser, ensuring your XML data and text remain private and secure. The output is immediately ready for XML embedding or display.