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About HTML to Text — Strip Tags & Remove HTML Online
This HTML to text converter strips out the markup so you're left with clean, readable plain text. Paste a chunk of HTML — a web page snippet, a rich email body, or an exported document — and it removes the tags, decodes HTML entities like & and , and keeps the structural line breaks from paragraphs, lists, and <br> elements intact.
It also works the other way: switch to Text → HTML to escape special characters and wrap plain text into simple paragraph markup, ready to drop into an email template or a basic web page.
Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded or stored, which makes it safe for pasting content you'd rather not send to a server.
Features
- Strip HTML tags down to clean, readable plain text
- Decode named, decimal, and hex HTML entities (&,  ,  )
- Preserve block-level line breaks from <p>, <li>, and <br>
- Reverse direction: escape and wrap plain text in <p> / <br> HTML
- Fully offline — your content never leaves the browser
How to use
- Paste your HTML (or plain text) into the input pane.
- Choose HTML → Text to strip tags, or Text → HTML to wrap text in markup.
- Review the converted result in the output pane.
- Copy the output, or clear the input and start over.
Frequently asked questions
Does this remove all HTML tags?
Yes. Every tag is stripped, including the contents of <script> and <style> blocks. Block-level elements such as paragraphs and list items leave a line break behind so the text stays readable, and <br> tags become newlines.
Are HTML entities decoded?
They are. Named entities (&, , ©), decimal references ( ), and hex references ( ) are all converted back to their real characters, so the text reads naturally.
Can I convert plain text back into HTML?
Yes — switch to the Text → HTML direction. It escapes the characters that are special in HTML (&, <, >, "), wraps blank-line-separated blocks in <p> tags, and turns single newlines into <br>. It is intentionally minimal, ideal for email bodies or simple pages.
Is my content sent to a server?
No. All conversion happens in your browser using plain JavaScript. Nothing you paste is uploaded, logged, or stored, so it is safe for sensitive content.
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Everything runs locally in your browser — your input is never uploaded.