HTML to Text Converter
Strip HTML tags from pasted markup, leaving clean plain text.
What is HTML → Text?
The HTML to Text converter strips tags from pasted markup and returns the underlying text: entities decode (& → &), block elements become line breaks, and the output is collapsed into clean paragraphs.
How it works
The markup is parsed with the browser's HTML parser, so entities decode correctly and nested structure is handled properly. Block-level elements are turned into line breaks and whitespace is collapsed to keep the output readable.
- Paste HTML. Paste HTML markup from a page source, email or CMS export.
- 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
Extracting email copy
Strip the HTML from a newsletter export to reuse the text in a plain-text system.
Reading a web page's text
Paste a page's source snippet to see what the actual text content is.
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.
Alternatives
Markdown to HTML
The inverse direction — formatted text to HTML.
Text Case Converter
Normalize the extracted text's capitalization.
Frequently asked questions
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.