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HTML to Text Converter

Strip HTML tags instantly. Extract clean plain text from any HTML code with link extraction, list formatting, stats and more.

📝 HTML to Text Converter

🌐 HTML Input Waiting

📄 Plain Text Output Empty

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🛠 How It Works

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Paste HTML

Put HTML in left editor

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Set Options

Choose conversion options

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Convert

Click convert button

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Copy / Download

Get your clean text

✨ Features

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Instant Strip

Remove all tags instantly

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Line Breaks

Preserve or remove breaks

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Link Extract

Pull URLs from links

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Image Alt

Show image alt text

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Full Stats

Words, chars, tags, size

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Lists

Bullet point formatting

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Download

Save as .txt file

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Private

100% in-browser

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Responsive

All devices supported

🗑 What Gets Removed

Element	Action	Result
<p> <div> <br>	Line break	New line
<h1>-<h6>	Text + break	Heading text
<b> <em> <i>	Plain text	No format
<a href>	Text (URL)	URL shown
<img alt>	[Image: alt]	Alt text
<li>	Bullet	List item
<script>	Fully removed	Nothing
<style>	Fully removed	Nothing
	Decoded	Space char

🎯 Use Cases

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Email Text

HTML email to text

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Content Extract

Web page to text

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SEO Analysis

Get visible text

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Data Clean

Strip HTML from data

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SMS Ready

HTML to SMS

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Clean Copy

Remove formatting

❓ FAQs

What does HTML to Text mean?▼

It strips all HTML markup tags and returns only the visible, readable plain text content without any formatting.

What happens to links?▼

Link URLs are extracted and shown in parentheses after the text. You can toggle this option on or off.

Are scripts removed?▼

Yes. All script and style tags with their content are completely removed from the output.

Is my data secure?▼

100% secure. Everything runs in your browser. No data is sent to any server ever.

Can I keep line breaks?▼

Yes. Toggle the Preserve Line Breaks checkbox. Block elements like p, div, br become new lines.

How are entities handled?▼

HTML entities like   & © are decoded to their actual characters automatically.

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