About the HTML to Text Converter
This tool strips the HTML tags out of a block of markup and returns clean, readable plain text. Paste HTML, whether copied from a web page or generated by an editor, and get just the words, with the tags, attributes, and code removed.
Why you would strip HTML
HTML mixes content with markup: the words you want to read are wrapped in tags that tell a browser how to display them. When you only need the text, perhaps to paste into a plain document, an email, a spreadsheet, or a system that does not accept formatting, those tags are clutter. Manually deleting them is slow and easy to get wrong. This tool removes all the markup at once, leaving only the human-readable content.
How it works
The tool parses your HTML the way a browser would, building the document structure internally, then extracts just the text content from it. Because it parses rather than using crude find-and-replace, it handles nested tags correctly and decodes HTML entities, so codes like the one for an ampersand turn back into the actual character. Block-level elements produce sensible line breaks, so the result reads naturally rather than running together.
Safe handling of markup
A subtle but important point is that the tool extracts text without executing anything. HTML can contain scripts, but parsing it to read its text does not run those scripts, so pasting markup from an unknown source to extract its words is safe within this tool. You get the content without any of the active behaviour the original page might have had.
Common uses
Writers and editors use it to pull clean copy out of formatted web content. Developers use it to extract text from HTML email templates or generated markup. People migrating content between systems use it to strip formatting that would not survive the move. It is also handy for getting a quick word count or readability check on content that is currently buried in tags.
Privacy and related tools
All processing happens in your browser, so the HTML you paste is never sent anywhere. To go the opposite direction and wrap plain text in HTML, see the Text to HTML Converter, and to count the resulting words the Word Counter. Conversion is instant.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it remove?
All HTML tags, leaving the readable text.
Are entities decoded?
Yes — entities like & become their characters.
Does it keep line structure?
Block elements produce line breaks where sensible.
Is scripting executed?
No — input is parsed safely, scripts are not run.
Where does the conversion run?
Entirely in your browser. Your data is never uploaded to a server.