HTML to Text
Strip tags to plain text.
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About HTML to Text
HTML to Text removes the tags from HTML markup and leaves the readable words behind. Paste a chunk of HTML — a saved page, an email, or output from an editor — and you get plain text you can drop into a document, a note, or a plain-text email without the angle brackets and formatting clutter.
It runs entirely in your browser, so the text is extracted on your own device and nothing is uploaded to a server. It is free, needs no account, has no usage limits, and there is nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it free, and is there an account?
- Yes, it is free and there is no account or sign-up. There are no usage limits and nothing to install. Paste your HTML and copy the plain text back out.
- Is the HTML I paste sent anywhere?
- No. The tag stripping runs entirely in your browser, so your HTML is processed on your own device. Nothing is uploaded or stored, which is helpful when the markup contains content you would rather not share.
- How do I use it?
- Paste your HTML into the input box. The tool removes the tags and leaves the text, which you can then copy and use anywhere plain text is needed. It works the same whether you paste a whole page or a small snippet.
- Does it keep paragraphs and line breaks?
- It focuses on giving you the readable text rather than rebuilding the layout. Block-level breaks between sections generally survive, but fine spacing depends on how the original HTML was written, so you may want to tidy the result slightly.
- What gets lost when the tags are removed?
- Only the text remains, so formatting like bold, headings, links, and colors is discarded, and images are dropped since they are not text. If you need those preserved, keep the original HTML alongside the plain-text version.