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HTML Tag Stripper — Remove HTML Tags & Get Plain Text Online

Strip HTML tags from web pages, emails, or documents to get clean plain text. Copy results or save as TXT. 100% private, in-browser.

Features

  • ✓Strip all HTML tags from any web page source, email, or document in one click
  • ✓Get clean plain text ready for editing, analysis, or republishing
  • ✓Removes script and style blocks — no code leaking into your text
  • ✓Keeps paragraph and line breaks so headings, lists, and paragraphs stay readable
  • ✓Table cells are separated with tabs, making tables easy to import into spreadsheets
  • ✓Decodes HTML entities — & becomes &,   becomes a space
  • ✓Collapses multiple blank lines into clean, tidy paragraphs
  • ✓Copy the result to your clipboard or save it as a TXT file
  • ✓Open local .html, .htm, or .txt files directly in the browser — no upload
  • ✓Size ratio in the status bar shows how much smaller the text got
  • ✓Instant conversion as you type, with live line and character counts
  • ✓100% browser-based processing — your content never leaves your device

How to Use

  1. 1Paste HTML source code into the left panel, or click Open File to load an .html, .htm, or .txt file.
  2. 2The plain text version appears instantly on the right as you type or paste.
  3. 3Keep Remove Scripts & Styles on to strip <script> and <style> blocks automatically.
  4. 4Keep Preserve Breaks on so paragraphs, lists, and headings become new lines instead of one long paragraph.
  5. 5Keep Decode Entities on so &amp; becomes & and &nbsp; becomes a space — turn it off to keep raw entity codes.
  6. 6Turn on Collapse Blank Lines to merge multiple empty lines into clean single breaks.
  7. 7Click Copy to put the extracted text on your clipboard, or Save TXT to download it as a .txt file.
  8. 8Use the sample buttons to see how the tool handles a full article and a messy page with scripts.
  9. 9Check the status bar to see input/output line counts and the size ratio of the converted text.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an HTML tag stripper?

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An HTML tag stripper removes markup such as <p>, <div>, <a>, and <span> from HTML source and leaves only the visible text. It is the fastest way to turn a web page's code into clean, readable plain text for editing, analysis, or republishing.

Does it remove script and style content?

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Yes. With Remove Scripts & Styles enabled (the default), entire <script>, <style>, <noscript>, and <template> blocks are deleted, including their content. Otherwise, script content would appear as raw JavaScript in the output.

Will it keep my paragraph and heading structure?

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With Preserve Breaks enabled, block-level elements — paragraphs, headings, list items, divs, and table rows — are converted into new lines. <br> tags become line breaks and <hr> becomes a paragraph separator, so the text keeps its structure instead of becoming one long block.

What happens to HTML entities like &amp;?

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Decode Entities (on by default) converts &amp; to &, &lt; to <, &gt; to >, &quot; to quotes, &nbsp; to a space, and hundreds of named and numeric entities such as &#169; to their real characters. Turn the option off to keep the raw entity codes in the output.

Can I use it on email source code?

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Yes. If you view an email's source (usually available in your mail client), you can paste it here to extract the plain text. The tool strips all the table-based layout markup that most marketing emails are built with and keeps the readable message.

What happens to tables?

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Table cells are separated with tab characters and rows with line breaks, so tables become clean tab-separated text that pastes directly into Excel or Google Sheets. If you prefer one long paragraph, simply turn off Preserve Breaks.

Does it preserve links?

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The tool keeps the link text (the words you see on the page) but removes the <a> tags themselves and their href attributes. If you also need the URLs, try the HTML to Markdown converter, which keeps links as [text](url).

Is my HTML sent to a server?

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No. All stripping, entity decoding, and counting happens entirely in your browser with JavaScript. Your content is never uploaded, stored, or transmitted anywhere. The page works offline after it loads.

Can I open a file instead of pasting?

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Yes. Click Open File and choose an .html, .htm, or .txt file from your computer. The file is read locally in your browser and its content is placed into the input panel — nothing is uploaded.

What file format is saved?

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Save TXT downloads the extracted text as a plain-text .txt file with UTF-8 encoding, ready to open in any text editor, word processor, or document tool.

What is the size ratio in the status bar?

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The size ratio shows the output's length as a percentage of the input. A typical HTML page with heavy markup converts to 20–40% of its original size, which is a quick way to see how much code was stripped away.

Is this tool free?

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Yes, completely free with no account, no registration, and no usage limits. You can convert as much HTML as you like, and all processing happens locally in your browser.

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