HTML to Plain Text
Paste an HTML fragment and get its plain text: scripts, styles and tags are removed, and blocks are preserved with line breaks. Optionally convert links to [text](url) format.
Input HTML
Convert links to [text](url)
Extracted text
Paste some HTML to extract its plain text.
The parsing is done with DOMParser: it respects HTML entities and real containers.
0 characters. Scripts, styles and tags are removed.
How to use: HTML to text
- 1Paste the HTML.
- 2Decide whether to turn links into [text](url) format.
- 3Copy the extracted plain text.
What is it for?
- Pull the text out of an email or web page.
- Prepare content for word counting or translation.
- Clean HTML before importing it into another system.
Extracting clean text from HTML
What it does
It removes tags, scripts and styles, decodes entities such as & or and keeps readable content with sensible line breaks.
Uses
Preparing a plain-text email, getting a page's content to analyze it, counting words or reviewing wording without the markup.
Security
Stripping tags is not a safe way to sanitize HTML for display on a website; use a dedicated sanitization library for that.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it processed in my browser?+
Yes. Parsing is done with local DOMParser: your data never leaves your device.
What does it do with HTML entities?+
It decodes them correctly (for example, & becomes &).