Data & format utilities

HTML to Text

Strip HTML tags to get clean, readable plain text, preserving paragraph breaks and removing scripts and styles. Free, private, in your browser.

Convert HTML to text

Paste HTML to strip the tags and get clean, readable plain text.

Plain text

Features

Strips all HTML tags
Keeps readable line breaks
Removes scripts and styles
Preserves paragraph structure
Handles messy pasted HTML
Runs entirely in your browser

Common use cases

  1. 1Extracting text from HTML email
  2. 2Cleaning pasted rich text
  3. 3Getting plain text from a web page
  4. 4Removing formatting for reuse
  5. 5Preparing content for a text field
  6. 6Auditing the readable text of markup

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About HTML to text

Sometimes you need the plain text inside HTML — from an email, a web page or pasted rich content — without the tags, scripts and styling.

This converter parses the HTML in your browser, removes scripts, styles and tags, and preserves sensible line breaks between paragraphs and list items so the result reads naturally. Nothing is uploaded — the parsing happens locally.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Got Questions? We Have Answers.

What does it do?

It parses HTML in your browser, removes scripts, styles and tags, and keeps sensible line breaks so the text reads naturally.

When is this useful?

Extracting text from HTML emails, cleaning pasted rich text, or getting the readable content of markup.

Is my HTML uploaded?

No. Parsing happens locally in your browser.

Does it keep links?

It keeps the link text; use a Markdown converter if you need link URLs preserved.