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Function: unescapeHTML()

function unescapeHTML(input: string): string;

Defined in: unescape-html.ts:23

Unescape a string encoded in HTML

Escape Sequence	Character
&#n…;	Numeric character
&#xn…;	Hexadecimal character
&xc…;	Named entity

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The string to unescape

Returns

string

the string with escapes resolved

Example

unescapeHTML('Hello & World'); // "Hello & World"
unescapeHTML('2 &lt; 3 &gt; 1'); // "2 < 3 > 1"
unescapeHTML('&#169; 2025'); // "© 2025"
unescapeHTML('&#x1F600;'); // "😀"