HTML Tag Remover

Free Online HTML Tag Removal Tool

HTML Tag Remover is a free online tool for stripping all HTML tags from text, leaving only plain text content. Perfect for extracting text from HTML, cleaning pasted content, or converting HTML to plain text. All processing happens in your browser for maximum privacy.

How to Use

Using the HTML Tag Remover is very simple:

Step 1: Enter HTML Content
Paste or type the HTML content that contains tags you want to remove.
Step 2: Click Remove Button
Click the "Remove HTML Tags" button to instantly strip all HTML tags from the text.
Step 3: Copy Plain Text
The plain text result will be displayed. Click the copy button to use the clean text.

Your input data is never sent to our servers. All HTML tag removal is performed locally in your browser, ensuring complete privacy and security.

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Practical Use Cases for HTML Tag Remover

Removing HTML tags is useful in many scenarios:

Extract Text from HTML

Extract plain text content from HTML documents, web pages, or email templates for further processing or analysis.

Clean Pasted Content

Remove unwanted HTML formatting when pasting content from web pages into text editors or content management systems.

Data Processing

Clean HTML content from scraped data, database exports, or API responses to get pure text for indexing or search.

Text Preview

See what text will be displayed when HTML is rendered, useful for previewing content without a browser.

SEO & Content Analysis

Extract text content from HTML for SEO analysis, word counting, or content quality assessment.

Understanding HTML Tag Removal

HTML tag removal is the process of stripping all HTML markup from text, leaving only the visible text content. This converts HTML like '<p>Hello</p>' to just 'Hello'.

What Gets Removed

All HTML tags are removed, including opening tags (<p>, <div>, <span>), closing tags (</p>, </div>), self-closing tags (<br/>, <img/>), and tags with attributes (<a href='...'>). Only the text content between tags is preserved.

HTML Entities

HTML entities like <, >, & are decoded to their original characters (<, >, &) when tags are removed, ensuring the text reads correctly.

When to Use

Use this tool when you need to convert HTML to plain text, extract readable content from web pages, clean formatted text, or prepare HTML content for text-based processing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does HTML tag removal do?

It strips all HTML tags from your text, leaving only the plain text content. For example, '<p>Hello <strong>World</strong></p>' becomes 'Hello World'.

Are HTML entities decoded?

Yes, HTML entities like <, >, & are automatically decoded to their original characters (<, >, &) for readable plain text.

Is my data safe?

Yes, absolutely. All HTML tag removal is performed in your browser using JavaScript. Your data never leaves your computer and is never sent to our servers.

What about nested tags?

All tags are removed regardless of nesting. The tool handles complex HTML structures with multiple levels of nested tags.

Will line breaks be preserved?

Line breaks from <br> tags and block elements like <p> and <div> are generally converted to newlines in the plain text output.

What's the character limit?

The tool supports up to 100,000 characters. For larger documents, consider using server-side processing or programming libraries.

Can I remove only specific tags?

This tool removes all HTML tags. For selective tag removal, you would need a more advanced HTML parser or custom script.

Is this tool free?

Yes, this tool is completely free to use with no registration or limits.