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Strip HTML Tags

Remove HTML tags, scripts, and comments — returning clean plain text

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What is Strip HTML Tags

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the core markup language for web pages, defining structure and content that browsers render.

Strip HTML Tags removes every <tag>, <script>...</script> block, <style>...</style> block, and HTML comment from your input, then decodes common entities (&amp;, &lt;, &gt;, &quot;, &#39;, &nbsp;) and trims repeated whitespace.

It's a reliable way to convert rich email, CMS exports, and web snippets into plain text suitable for summaries, RSS descriptions, or AI prompts.

Why use it

  • Convert HTML emails into clean plain-text previews.
  • Prep web content for summarisation by LLMs.
  • Audit CMS exports without rendering them.
  • Produce plain-text fallback for accessibility.
  • Clean up scraped or pasted content for storage.

Features

  • Strips tags, scripts, styles, and comments
  • Decodes common HTML entities
  • Collapses excessive whitespace
  • Perfect prep for LLM prompts
  • Zero-upload Strip HTML Tags pipeline, nothing touches a server

How to use Strip HTML Tags

  1. Paste HTML. Drop your HTML or rich-text snippet.
  2. Run. Tags, scripts, styles, and comments are removed.
  3. Copy plain text. Use the clean text in summaries or AI prompts.

Example (before/after)

HTML input

<h1>Hello &amp; welcome!</h1><p>Visit <a href="/about">our page</a>.</p>

Plain text

Hello & welcome! Visit our page.

Common errors

Script content leaks

Inline event handlers could expose raw JS.

Fix: This tool removes <script> blocks entirely — but inline handlers on other tags are attributes and get removed with the tag.

Unclosed tags

Malformed HTML may leave stray < or >.

Fix: Run the Real-time HTML Editor first to auto-close tags.

FAQ

Which entities are decoded?

&amp;, &lt;, &gt;, &quot;, &#39;, and &nbsp;. For exhaustive decoding use a dedicated HTML entities tool.

Are scripts and styles removed?

Yes — both content and tags for <script> and <style> blocks are removed.

Does it keep line breaks?

It keeps blank-line separators while collapsing runs of whitespace.

Is it safe for user-supplied HTML?

For display, use a dedicated sanitizer like DOMPurify. This tool is for extracting text, not sanitising rendered HTML.

Is my HTML uploaded?

No — stripping runs entirely in your browser.

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