Strip HTML Tags

Extract readable plain text from HTML, including entities, lists, tables, and optional link targets.

Local in your browserYour data never leaves your device.

Settings

Output format

HTML input

Supports HTML fragments, complete documents, and plain text.

Extracted text

Paste HTML or open a local file.

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Good to know

The HTML tag remover converts HTML into readable plain text directly in your browser, with five independent toggles for image alt text, link targets, list markers, preformatted whitespace, and table layout. Scripts and styles are always removed, regardless of the chosen options.

Typical searches include remove HTML tags, HTML to text, and extract text from HTML. Processing runs entirely locally in the browser, supports HTML, HTM, XHTML, and TXT files, and shows a live statistic of characters, words, lines, and HTML elements. Important: the result is plain text, not sanitized HTML — never output it unescaped as HTML if the original might contain scripts or active content.

Typical use cases

Extract text from copied web pages

Paste copied HTML from a web page to get only the readable text content without tags, scripts, and styles.

Convert email HTML into plain text

Open exported email HTML to archive or further process the content as plain text.

Tips for better results

Preserve preformatted whitespace for code snippets

Enable the preformatted whitespace option if pre or textarea content such as code snippets should keep its indentation.

Never reuse the result as HTML unchecked

The result is plain text, not sanitized HTML — the target application must escape it correctly when embedding it again.

How it works

Step by step

  1. 1

    Paste HTML or open a file

    Paste HTML text or open an HTML, HTM, XHTML, or TXT file.

  2. 2

    Adjust the options

    Choose which elements such as links, alt text, or tables to keep, and the output mode.

  3. 3

    Copy or download the result

    Copy the extracted text or download it as a TXT file.

Features

Five independent toggles

Control image alt text, link targets, list markers, preformatted whitespace, and table layout individually.

Live statistics

Characters, words, lines, and HTML elements are shown live as you type.

Scripts and styles always removed

Regardless of the chosen options, scripts and styles are consistently removed.

Frequently asked questions

Is the result safe HTML?

No. The result is plain text, not sanitized HTML — the target application must escape it correctly when embedding it again.

Are my files uploaded?

No. All processing happens locally in the browser, without transmission to a server.

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