Strip all HTML tags from any markup and extract clean, readable plain text instantly. When copying content from web pages, emails, or CMS platforms, the text often comes with unwanted HTML tags, inline styles, and formatting markup that clutters your work. This tool removes every HTML element while preserving the actual text content, giving you clean output ready for use in documents, spreadsheets, or plain-text contexts. You can optionally convert block-level elements like paragraphs, divs, and line breaks into newlines to maintain the structural flow of the original content. All processing runs entirely in your browser — your content is never sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy.
About HTML Tag Remover
The HTML Tag Remover strips all markup from your input, leaving only the visible text content. It removes opening and closing tags, self-closing tags, HTML comments, and embedded <script> and <style> blocks. With the line break option enabled, block-level elements such as <p>, <div>, <br>, and heading tags are converted to newline characters, preserving the paragraph structure of the original content. This is especially useful when migrating web content to plain-text formats, cleaning up email HTML for text-only versions, or extracting readable text from complex markup. All processing happens client-side in your browser. For converting HTML to a structured format instead, try our HTML to Markdown converter.
How to Use HTML Tag Remover
- Paste your HTML content into the HTML input area.
- Optionally check Convert block tags to line breaks if you want paragraph structure preserved in the plain text output.
- Click Strip HTML to remove all tags and generate clean text.
- Copy the plain text result for use in your documents, spreadsheets, or text editors.
Key Features
- Complete tag removal — Strips all HTML tags including inline styles, attributes, comments, scripts, and style blocks.
- Optional line break preservation — Convert block-level elements to newlines to maintain paragraph structure.
- Script and style removal — Automatically removes content inside
<script>and<style>tags, not just the tags themselves. - Handles any HTML — Works with complete web pages, email HTML, CMS output, and partial snippets.
- Browser-based privacy — All processing runs locally in your browser with no server upload.
- One-click operation — Paste, click, and copy your clean text in seconds.
When to Use This Tool
- Extracting readable text from web pages copied with HTML formatting attached.
- Creating plain-text email versions from HTML email templates.
- Cleaning up CMS or WYSIWYG editor output before pasting into plain-text fields.
- Preparing text for import into systems that don't accept HTML markup.
- Removing formatting from copied content before pasting into a new document.
Technical Details
The tool uses a combination of regex patterns and DOM parsing to safely strip HTML tags from the input. First, <script> and <style> elements (including their contents) are removed entirely. Then, when the line break option is enabled, block-level elements are replaced with newline characters before tags are stripped. Finally, all remaining HTML tags are removed, and consecutive whitespace is normalized. HTML entities in the output are decoded to their character equivalents. The tool handles malformed HTML gracefully, processing whatever input is provided without crashing. For encoding or decoding HTML entities specifically, see our HTML Encoder.
Conclusion
The HTML Tag Remover is a fast and reliable way to extract clean plain text from any HTML content. With options to preserve paragraph structure and complete client-side processing, it's the perfect tool for cleaning up web content while keeping your data private.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to the content inside tags?
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