🏷️ HTML Stripper
Paste HTML and instantly remove all tags to get clean plain text. Optionally decode HTML entities and preserve paragraph breaks. Free, private, no signup.
About the HTML Stripper
When you copy content from a web page, export from a CMS or receive data from an API, the text often arrives wrapped in HTML markup — tags like <p>, <div>, <span> and <a>. This tool removes all of that instantly, giving you clean, readable plain text.
All processing happens in your browser — your content is never uploaded to any server.
What Each Option Does
- Preserve Line Breaks — converts block-level elements (
<p>,<div>,<br>,<li>, headings) into newline characters before stripping, so paragraph and list structure is kept - Decode Entities — converts HTML entities like
&→&,<→<, → space, and numeric entities like©→© - Collapse Spaces — replaces multiple consecutive spaces with a single space and trims each line
- Remove Blank Lines — filters out lines that contain only whitespace after stripping
Common Uses
- Cleaning copy-pasted web content for documents or emails
- Extracting readable text from HTML email templates
- Preparing content exported from WordPress, Drupal or other CMSs
- Stripping markup from API responses before storing in a database
- Converting HTML newsletters to plain-text versions
- Removing formatting before importing into a plain text editor
Why You Need an HTML Stripper
An HTML stripper is the fastest way to clean markup-heavy content before import or processing. When content migrates between systems, an HTML stripper removes every tag in a single pass — the destination receives plain text rather than raw markup. Email delivery platforms that send plain-text fallbacks need an HTML stripper step in the workflow before each message is formatted. Support systems and CMS importers that accept plain text input all benefit from running an HTML stripper first. The alternative — manually removing tags — is error-prone and impractical at scale.
There is a key distinction to understand: an HTML stripper removes tags entirely, leaving only the visible text content. HTML escaping, by contrast, converts angle brackets to entities like < so the markup displays as literal characters rather than being interpreted. Use an HTML stripper when you want clean readable text, and use HTML escaping when you need to display raw source code safely. Understanding when to use an HTML stripper versus escaping prevents double-encoding errors after processing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this remove all HTML tags?
+Yes. The tool removes every opening tag, closing tag, self-closing tag, tag with any attributes, and HTML comments. The result is pure text with no markup remaining.
What are HTML entities and should I decode them?
+HTML entities are special codes like & (&), < (<), > (>), (space) and " ("). If your HTML contains these, Decode Entities is enabled by default and will convert them to their readable characters automatically.
Why does my output have no paragraph breaks?
+HTML paragraphs are defined by block-level tags like <p> and <div>, not by actual newline characters. Preserve Line Breaks (enabled by default) converts those tags into newlines before stripping, so the output keeps its paragraph structure.
Is my HTML content private?
+Completely private. All processing happens in your browser using JavaScript. Your HTML is never sent to any server, stored or logged in any way. It is safe to paste confidential email templates, internal documents or proprietary HTML.
Does it decode HTML entities like &?
Yes. The tool can optionally decode common HTML entities such as & to &, < to <, > to >, and to a space. Toggle the Decode Entities option in the settings.