HTML to Text Converter
Strip HTML tags from pasted markup, leaving clean plain text.
What is HTML → Text?
The HTML to Text converter strips markup from pasted HTML and returns the underlying text. Tags are removed, script and style blocks are discarded, HTML entities decode (& → &), and block-level elements become line breaks so paragraphs survive. The result is clean, readable plain text you can paste anywhere.
How it works
The markup is parsed with the browser's HTML parser rather than a naive regex, so entities decode correctly and nested structure is handled properly. Block-level elements become line breaks, whitespace is collapsed to keep the output readable, and script/style content is dropped along with the tags.
- Paste HTML. Paste HTML markup from a page source, email, or CMS export, or drop in an .html file.
- Read the plain text. The stripped result appears instantly, with entities decoded and paragraphs preserved.
- Copy or download. Copy the clean text or download it as a .txt file.
Examples
Before and after
<p>Hello <strong>world</strong> & welcome</p> becomes "Hello world & welcome" — no tags, no entities, no leftover markup.
Converting an HTML email
Strip the HTML from a newsletter or transactional email export to reuse the copy in a plain-text message or a text-only system.
Cleaning scraped HTML
Paste scraped page source to extract the readable text content — useful before feeding it to a summarizer, translator, or LLM.
Reading a web page's text
Paste a page's source snippet to see what the actual text content is, independent of styling.
Common mistakes
Expecting a rendered visual copy
This strips markup to text; it does not render the page. Use the Markdown to HTML tool in reverse for formatting-friendly output.
Ignoring scripts and styles
Script/style content is removed along with tags, so the output is the readable text only.
Expecting images or links to be kept
This tool extracts text — images are dropped and only the visible text content remains. Link URLs are not preserved.
Alternatives
Markdown to HTML
The inverse direction — formatted text to HTML.
Text Case Converter
Normalize the extracted text's capitalization.
Whitespace Remover
Further clean up the extracted text — trim lines or collapse spacing.
The Ultimate Text Guide
Plain-text fundamentals — encodings, whitespace, and line-ending gotchas that affect extracted text.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly gets removed from the HTML?
All tags, plus the content of script and style elements, are removed. HTML entities are decoded to their characters, whitespace is collapsed, and block-level elements become line breaks so paragraphs survive.
Are HTML entities decoded?
Yes — named and numeric entities such as &, < and ' are decoded to their characters during conversion.
Does it handle nested markup?
Yes — the parser understands nested tags, so links, emphasis and list structure are flattened into readable text without leftover tag fragments.
Can I convert a whole web page?
Paste the page's HTML source (View Source, or copy from DevTools) and the tool extracts its text content. The tool never fetches URLs — it only processes what you paste.
Is my HTML uploaded anywhere?
No. Conversion happens entirely in your browser — your markup never leaves your device.