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XML Escape/Unescape

Escape or unescape XML special characters

Related Tools

  • HTML Escape - escape HTML entities
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How to Use XML Escape

  1. 1

    Paste your text

    Enter text containing XML special characters like <, >, &, or quotes.

  2. 2

    Select escape or unescape

    Choose to escape characters for XML or unescape entities back to text.

  3. 3

    Copy the result

    Click the Copy button to copy the escaped or unescaped text to your clipboard.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, the XML Escape/Unescape tool is completely free with no limitations. Escape or unescape as much XML as you need without any registration or restrictions.

Yes, all XML escaping happens locally in your browser. Your XML content is never sent to any server, making it safe to process sensitive configuration files or data.

XML escaping converts the five predefined XML entities: < to &lt;, > to &gt;, & to &amp;, ' to &apos;, and " to &quot;. This ensures special characters are treated as data, not markup, preventing parsing errors and security issues.

Escape XML when inserting text content into XML documents, processing user input for XML files, building XML strings dynamically, or working with XML APIs. Any text that might contain special characters should be escaped.

XML and HTML escaping are similar but XML is stricter. XML requires escaping apostrophes and has fewer named entities. HTML has many more named entities (like &nbsp;) that are not valid in XML without being defined.