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HTML to Plain Text Converter

Strip HTML tags and extract clean, readable text from any HTML content. Paste your markup and get plain text in one click.

Convert HTML to Text

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Extract the Words, Drop the Markup

You have HTML content from a web page, email template, or CMS export, but you need the plain text. Maybe you are migrating content, building a search index, generating a text-only email version, or just need to read the words without the clutter of tags.

Our converter strips every HTML tag and returns the underlying text content. Paragraph breaks are preserved. Entities like & and   are decoded to their readable characters. The result is clean, usable plain text you can paste anywhere.

Processing happens entirely in your browser. Paste HTML from any source, including pages with sensitive information, and nothing is sent to a server. The conversion is instant regardless of how much markup you throw at it.

Smart HTML Tag Removal

More than a simple regex strip

Complete Tag Removal

Strips every HTML tag including nested elements, comments, and script blocks.

Entity Decoding

HTML entities (&, <,  ) convert to their readable characters.

Preserve Structure

Paragraph and line breaks are maintained so the text remains readable.

Script & Style Removal

JavaScript and CSS content is removed, not just the tags around them.

Bulk Processing

Handle large HTML documents with thousands of elements instantly.

One-Click Copy

Copy the extracted text to your clipboard or download as a .txt file.

How to Strip HTML Tags

Fast and straightforward

1

Paste Your HTML

Paste HTML source code from any web page, email, or file.

2

Get Plain Text

The tool instantly strips tags and returns clean, readable text.

3

Copy or Download

Copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a text file.

Common HTML to Text Uses

Creating plain text versions of HTML emails
Extracting content from web pages for analysis
Building search indexes from HTML documents
Migrating content between CMS platforms
Preparing text for NLP and data processing
Generating accessible text alternatives from HTML

HTML to Text FAQ

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