Remove HTML Tags Online Free — Extract Plain Text Instantly
Strip all HTML tags from text and get clean plain text.
What is Remove HTML Tags?
Strips all HTML tags from text, leaving only the plain text content. Can also decode HTML entities (& → &, < → <) and collapse extra whitespace introduced by removing block elements.
Common Use Cases
Extracting readable text from HTML source code, cleaning pasted web content, preparing text for analysis, migrating content between CMS platforms, and sanitising HTML input.
How It Works
Uses a regex pattern to match and remove all HTML tags. Optionally decodes named and numeric HTML entities and collapses multiple whitespace characters.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it also remove inline CSS and JavaScript?
Tags are removed, including <style> and <script> tags. However, inline style attributes within tags are also stripped.
Does it decode HTML entities like & and ?
Yes, with the "Decode entities" option enabled.
Does it preserve formatting (line breaks, spaces)?
HTML formatting is lost. Block elements create new lines, but indentation and complex formatting require additional manual cleanup.
Can I use this to safely display user-submitted HTML?
Removing tags is a basic sanitization step. For XSS protection, use a dedicated HTML sanitizer library like DOMPurify.
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