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Strip HTML Tags (HTML to Text)
The Strip HTML Tags tool converts raw HTML into clean, readable plain text, removing every tag, comment, script, and style block while leaving the words intact. It is the fast way to pull copy out of a scraped page, an email template, or a CMS export when only the text matters and the markup is in the way. Entities like & and — are decoded back to the real characters, so the output reads the way a person would.
This converter is free and runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded, scripts in the input are never executed, and you control how the result is shaped: keep block-level line breaks, decode entities, collapse extra whitespace, and optionally render links as text (href) so no URL is lost.
🔒 Private: everything runs in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded.
How to strip HTML tags from text
Paste HTML into the box, toggle the four options to match the output you want, and copy the plain text. The character counts in and out update on every keystroke so you can see exactly how much markup was removed.
Keep the line breaks that carry meaning
A naive tag strip glues every paragraph and list item into one unreadable line, because HTML uses tags, not newlines, to separate blocks. With the keep-line-breaks option on, the tool inserts a newline wherever a block boundary sits: a <br> becomes one line break, a closing </p> or heading becomes a blank line, and each <li> becomes its own bulleted line. The result reads like the original page rather than a wall of words, which matters when the text is headed for a document or a brief.
Decode entities so the text reads naturally
HTML escapes certain characters so the browser does not mistake them for markup: an ampersand is stored as &, an em dash as —, a non-breaking space as . Strip the tags without decoding and those codes survive into the output, which looks broken to a reader. With entity decoding on, the tool turns every named and numeric entity back into the real character, so an ampersand is an ampersand. Turn it off only when you specifically need the literal entity codes preserved.
Collapse whitespace and rescue links
Source HTML is usually full of indentation, tabs, and blank lines that mean nothing once the tags are gone. The collapse-whitespace option flattens runs of spaces to one, trims each line, and removes stacked blank lines, leaving tidy paragraphs. Separately, the show-links option rewrites each anchor as text (href) before stripping, so a link’s destination is preserved in the plain text instead of vanishing with the tag. Both are optional, so the output matches whether you need a clean read or a complete audit trail.
Strip HTML tags frequently asked questions
Q1Is it safe to paste HTML with scripts into this tool?
Yes. Script, style, and noscript blocks are removed along with their contents before anything is parsed, and the tool reads only text, never executing the input. Tag removal runs through the browser’s DOMParser, which builds a document but does not run any scripts inside it. Nothing you paste leaves your machine, so even confidential or untrusted markup is safe to convert.
Q2Why does my plain text still show codes like & or —?
Those are HTML entities, and they only convert back to real characters when the decode-entities option is on. With it off, the tool strips tags but leaves the entity codes literal, which is useful when you need the raw codes preserved. Switch the decode option on and the output will show a normal ampersand, em dash, or space instead of the escaped code.
Q3Will this preserve paragraphs and lists, or flatten everything?
That is your choice. With keep-line-breaks on, block boundaries become newlines: paragraphs and headings get a blank line between them, and each list item becomes its own bulleted line, so the text keeps its shape. Turn the option off and everything collapses into continuous text, which is handy when you want one unbroken string with no formatting at all.
Q4How do I keep the URLs when I strip the tags?
Turn on the show-links option. Before the tags are removed, each anchor is rewritten as its visible text followed by the destination in parentheses, like text (href), so no link target is lost in the conversion. Leave the option off and only the visible link text survives, which is the right choice when the URLs are noise rather than signal.
Q5Does the tool work offline and keep my data private?
Yes on both counts. Every step runs in client-side JavaScript inside your browser, with no network request, no server, and no logging, so the converter keeps working after the page has loaded even with no connection. Because nothing is uploaded, it is safe for unpublished drafts, internal documents, and any markup you would not want sent to a third-party service.
