Strip HTML Tags

Extract plain text from HTML

What is Strip HTML?

Remove HTML tags from pasted markup and get readable plain text for editing or analysis.

How to Use

  1. Paste HTML source or rich text.
  2. Toggle entity decode, list bullets, and blank-line collapse.
  3. Copy clean plain text.

Tips & Notes

All processing runs locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded to our servers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it run scripts?

No. Script/style blocks are stripped with regex before any parsing — your HTML is never executed.

Does it handle   and &# entities?

Yes, when entity decode is enabled.

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How It Works

Removes comments and script/style blocks, converts block tags and <br> to newlines, strips tags via regex (never executes HTML). Decodes &entities; and numeric references. Optional bullet prefixes for <li>.