HTML Tag Remover
Strip HTML tags from any text and keep only the plain content.
Quick answer
Strip HTML tags from any text and keep only the plain content.
How do I use the HTML Tag Remover?
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Paste HTML into the input area.
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See the plain-text output appear instantly.
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Copy the cleaned text into your document.
What is the HTML Tag Remover?
The HTML Tag Remover strips out every HTML tag and returns just the readable text content. Block-level tags are converted to line breaks so paragraphs and list items remain visually separated.
It is the fastest way to turn a scraped web page or an email HTML body into clean plain text.
Who is the HTML Tag Remover for?
Researchers extracting content from HTML, journalists cleaning up quotes from articles, marketers converting HTML emails into plain-text versions, and support staff paraphrasing customer submissions.
Why use the HTML Tag Remover?
- Removes tags, keeps meaning.
- Decodes common HTML entities.
- Preserves paragraph structure.
- Removes script and style content entirely.
- Runs offline in your browser.
When should I use the HTML Tag Remover?
- Turning a scraped page into readable text.
- Creating a plain-text version of an HTML email.
- Extracting quotes from an article without the markup.
- Cleaning rich-text-editor output for a spreadsheet.
- Preparing text for a summarizer or search index.
Is the HTML Tag Remover safe and private?
Yes. This tool runs entirely inside your browser - your text is never uploaded, stored on our servers or shared with third parties. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it will keep working. That makes it safe for confidential notes, drafts, private messages and unpublished work.
How do I get the best results from the HTML Tag Remover?
- Combine with the Remove Extra Spaces tool for the cleanest output.
- For extremely large HTML pages, paste in sections.
- The result is plain text - you will lose links, images and formatting.
- If you need to preserve formatting, convert to Markdown instead.
Frequently asked questions
Does it decode HTML entities too?
Yes. Common entities like & and are decoded back to their real characters.
Will it preserve line breaks?
Block-level tags like </p> and <br> are replaced with newlines so the plain-text output stays readable.
Does it strip <script> and <style> content?
Yes - the contents of these tags are removed entirely, not just the tags.
Is my input uploaded?
No, it stays in your browser.
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