HTML to Plain Text (Strip HTML Tags, Free)

Why Convert HTML to Plain Text?

Stripping HTML tags removes all markup (<p>, <div>, <a>, etc.) and extracts only the visible text content. This is essential for analyzing content word counts, creating plain text emails, preprocessing data for NLP/AI, or extracting readable text from scraped HTML for databases or search indexes.

Common Use Cases

• Content analysis: Extract plain text from HTML to count words or analyze readability
• Email conversions: Convert HTML emails to plain text for multi-part MIME emails
• Web scraping: Clean scraped HTML to extract article text without tags
• Data processing: Strip HTML from CMS exports or database dumps for text analysis
• SEO audits: Extract meta descriptions or title tags as plain text
• AI/ML training: Clean HTML content for feeding into NLP models or chatbot training

Why This Tool?

• Complete tag removal: Strips all HTML tags including <script>, <style>, and comments
• Preserves content: Keeps visible text while removing markup—no data loss
• Instant conversion: Paste HTML and get plain text in milliseconds
• 100% client-side: Your HTML never touches our servers—runs entirely in your browser
• Free forever: Unlimited conversions with no file size limits

Pro tip: After extracting plain text, use our Word Counter to analyze character/word counts or Remove Extra Spaces to clean up whitespace.