---
title: transform.HTMLUnescape
description: Returns the given string, replacing each HTML entity with its corresponding character.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
  functions_and_methods:
    aliases: [htmlUnescape]
    returnType: string
    signatures: [transform.HTMLUnescape INPUT]
aliases: [/functions/htmlunescape]
---

The `transform.HTMLUnescape` function replaces [HTML entities][] with their corresponding characters.

```go-html-template
{{ htmlUnescape "Lilo & Stitch" }} → Lilo & Stitch
{{ htmlUnescape "7 > 6" }} → 7 > 6
```

In most contexts Go's [`html/template`][] package will escape special characters. To bypass this behavior, pass the unescaped string through the [`safe.HTML`][] function.

```go-html-template
{{ htmlUnescape "Lilo & Stitch" | safeHTML }}
```

[HTML entities]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Entity
[`html/template`]: https://pkg.go.dev/html/template
[`safe.HTML`]: /functions/safe/html/