Remove HTML tags from text. Extract clean plain text from HTML markup.
The HTML Tag Stripper removes all HTML markup from a block of code and returns clean plain text, with options to preserve line breaks from block elements, decode HTML entities and trim excess whitespace. It's useful for developers extracting readable content from HTML templates, copywriters cleaning up text copied from web pages and anyone who needs to migrate or repurpose HTML content as plain text. Processing is entirely client-side and never leaves your browser.
Paste your HTML into the input area above and this free HTML tag remover instantly strips all HTML tags using the browser's built-in DOMParser, leaving only the visible plain text. It correctly handles nested tags, self-closing elements, HTML entities like & and , and preserves line breaks from block elements like <p> and <br>.
Simple tag stripping removes the angle-bracket markup but may leave HTML entities (like &) as-is. A proper HTML to plain text converter also decodes entities, preserves paragraph breaks, converts lists into bulleted lines, and handles <br> tags. Our HTML tag stripper does the latter - it renders the HTML through the DOM and extracts textContent, giving you clean, readable plain text.
Yes - this is one of the most common uses. When you scrape or copy content from a website, it often comes with surrounding HTML markup. Pasting it here strips all tags and gives you the clean text content, which you can then use in articles, spreadsheets, databases or further processing. All processing is client-side, so there are no rate limits or file size restrictions beyond what your browser can handle.
Yes. The DOMParser-based approach removes <script>, <style>, and all other tags along with their inner content, since those elements produce no visible text output. This means JavaScript code and CSS rules inside your HTML are also stripped from the output, leaving only the human-readable text content.
Completely free, with no account required. All processing happens in your browser - your HTML is never uploaded to any server. This makes it safe to use with confidential content, CRM exports, internal documentation or client data.