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Strip HTML Tags

This tool removes HTML tags from your text and leaves clean plain text behind.
It smartly keeps math symbols like < and >, and can remove scripts & styles, turn block tags into line breaks, and decode entities.
Text you paste is processed entirely in your browser and never leaves your device; the optional "Load URL" box fetches the web page you choose through our server-side proxy.

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Settings

Deletes <script> and <style> blocks along with their content.

Deletes <!-- ... --> comments from the input.

Turns <p>, <div>, <br>, headings, list items and more into new lines.

Converts "&amp;", "&lt;", "&eacute;" and similar codes back to real characters.

Keeps comparisons like 5 < 10 instead of treating them as tags.

Output clean-up

Drops blank lines so the result is a compact block of text.

Strips leading & trailing spaces on each line. Turn this off to keep indentation.

Turns runs of spaces or tabs inside a line into a single space.

Overview

The Strip HTML Tags tool removes HTML markup from your text and returns clean, readable plain text. Whether you copied a page from a website, exported an email newsletter, or scraped content for publishing, this tool makes it plain in one click - no coding required. In other words, it works as an HTML to Text Converter that extracts text from HTML right inside your browser. In short, it is a complete HTML Text Extractor you can use with no installation.

Unlike naive tag-strippers, it uses smart tag detection: angle brackets that are not part of a real tag, such as the comparison in 5 < 10 and 10 > 5, are kept intact. It can also remove embedded scripts and styles, turn block-level tags into line breaks, and decode HTML entities. Whatever you paste runs entirely in your browser - your text never leaves your device.

For example, the input <p>Hello <b>World</b>!</p> becomes the plain line Hello World.

What Is Strip HTML Tags?

HTML documents mix two things: invisible markup and the readable words you actually want. Tags such as <p>, <div>, <span> and hundreds of others only tell a browser how to display content; the underlying source also carries scripts, styles, and comments that never reach the screen. When you copy text from a rendered page you usually get clean words, but working with raw HTML source means digging through nested tags and special blocks to reach the real text.

HTML text extraction is the process of pulling that human-readable text out of the markup while dropping the code around it. It matters for content analysis, data migration, accessibility checks, and preparing text for plain-text systems. Our tool is a browser-based HTML Text Extractor that does exactly this – see the Features and Options section below for the controls that decide how tags, scripts, styles, comments, and entities are handled.

How to Use This Tool?

1. Add your text: Type or paste HTML into the Input box, click "Load an example", upload a text/HTML file, or enter a web page URL in the "Load HTML from URL" box to fetch its markup.

2. Choose your settings: Tick the options you need - remove scripts & styles, convert block tags to line breaks, decode entities, or preserve math symbols.

3. Strip the tags: Click "Strip HTML Tags" (or turn on "Live mode" to process automatically as you type). The plain text appears in the Output box.

4. Save the result: Use "Copy Result" or the Download link to keep your cleaned text.

Features and Options

1. Smart tag detection. Only real tags are removed. A "<" must be followed by a letter, "/", "!" or "?" to count as a tag, so plain text such as 5 < 10 and 10 > 5 is preserved, where many other tools would corrupt it.

2. Remove scripts & styles. Whole <script> and <style> blocks, including their content, are deleted so no JavaScript or CSS text remains. Input:

<p>Hello</p><script>alert('hi')</script><p>Bye</p>

becomes

Hello
Bye

3. Convert block tags to line breaks. Block-level tags and <br> become new lines instead of running text together. Input:

<p>First line</p><p>Second line</p>

becomes

First line
Second line

4. Decode HTML entities. Entity codes are converted back to real characters. Input:

Caf&eacute; &amp; Tom &mdash; 100&#37; done

becomes

Café & Tom – 100% done

5. Remove empty lines. Blank lines and empty elements are dropped so the result is a tidy block of text.

6. Trim line edges. Optional - strips leading and trailing spaces on each line. Leave it off to keep indentation such as code blocks.

7. Live mode. Turn on "Live mode" to strip tags automatically every time you type or paste.

8. Load HTML from URL. Type a web page address in the "Load HTML from URL" box beneath the Input and click "Load URL" to pull that page's markup straight into the Input box. Fetching is done through our server-side proxy to avoid browser cross-origin limits, so nothing else you type is sent anywhere.

When to Use This Tool?

1. Copy text from web pages. Turn scraped or copy-pasted HTML into clean, readable text for notes, emails or documents.

2. Prepare content for plain-text systems. Strip markup before importing into databases, CSV files, email bodies or legacy systems that only accept plain text.

3. Sanitize snippets safely. Remove embedded scripts and styles from copied code or newsletter HTML before you display or reuse it.

4. Read HTML emails. Convert rich newsletters into tidy plain text when you just want the message.

In essence, this tool gives you the plain text of any HTML in one click, without smudging the symbols you actually need.

FAQs

FAQ 1: What does this tool do?
Answer: It removes HTML tags from your text and returns clean, readable plain text. You can also remove embedded scripts and styles, convert block-level tags into line breaks, and decode HTML entities.

FAQ 2: Will it delete my math symbols like 5 < 10?
Answer: No. By default the tool uses smart tag detection and preserves "<" and ">" that are not part of a real tag, so comparisons such as 5 < 10 and 10 > 5 are left intact. Uncheck "Preserve < / > in math text" if you want every angle-bracket sequence removed.

FAQ 3: What happens to scripts and styles?
Answer: When "Remove scripts & styles" is on, the whole <script> and <style> blocks, including their content, are deleted so no code text is left in the result.

FAQ 4: Is my text sent to a server?
Answer: No. The text you paste is processed entirely in your browser on your own device, and nothing you type is transmitted to or stored on any server. The one exception is the optional "Load URL" feature, which sends the URL you enter to our server-side proxy so it can fetch that page's markup (this avoids browser cross-origin restrictions).

FAQ 5: What is "Live mode"?
Answer: When "Live mode" is on, the tool strips tags automatically as you type or paste, so the Output stays in sync without you pressing the button. Turn it off to process only when you click "Strip HTML Tags".

FAQ 6: Can I process a whole file or a web page?
Answer: Yes. Use the "Upload a file" option to load a text or HTML file into the Input box, or type a URL in the "Load HTML from URL" box and click "Load URL" to fetch a web page's markup. Strip the tags, then download the cleaned result with the Download link.

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