HTML Tag Remover
Paste HTML content below to strip all tags and extract clean plain text. Handles scripts, styles, comments, entities, and preserves paragraph structure.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does this HTML tag remover do?
- This tool strips all HTML tags from your text, leaving only the plain text content. It handles opening tags, closing tags, self-closing tags, comments, and inline styles. It also decodes common HTML entities like &, <, and > back to their readable characters.
- Will removing HTML tags affect my text formatting?
- Yes, all formatting created by HTML tags (bold, italic, headings, links, lists) will be removed, leaving only the raw text content. Line breaks from block-level elements like paragraphs and divs are preserved as newlines to maintain readability.
- Can I use this to clean up text copied from a website?
- Yes. When you copy text from a website and paste it into an editor, it often carries hidden HTML formatting. This tool removes all that hidden markup, giving you clean plain text that you can paste into any document without formatting issues.
- Does this tool handle HTML entities and special characters?
- Yes. The tool decodes common HTML entities such as & to &, < to <, > to >, " to quotes, to spaces, and ' to apostrophes. This ensures the output text is fully readable.