HTML to Plain Text: Clean Copy Without the Tags
Copying from a web page often drags tags and entities along. Stripping them carefully keeps paragraphs apart and words intact.
What is the HTML to Plain Text Converter?
Paste HTML and get readable plain text back, with headings, paragraphs, list items, and line breaks turning into real newlines instead of running together. Inline tags are removed without adding breaks, common entities are decoded, and extra blank lines are collapsed. It is ideal for cleaning copied web content for notes, emails, or a plain-text archive.
How to use it
- Paste HTML source or copied web markup.
- Click Strip HTML.
- Check headings and paragraphs stayed on separate lines.
- Copy the plain text for your notes or email.
Worked example
An h1 Hello followed by a paragraph World becomes two plain lines, Hello and World.
How do I turn HTML into plain text?
Remove the tags, turn block closings and breaks into newlines, decode entities, and collapse the extra blank lines.
Frequently asked questions
Why do headings and paragraphs get newlines?
Block elements mark a break in reading, so closing them becomes a line break instead of joining the next words.
Are entities like & decoded?
Yes. Common entities are turned back into their characters so the text reads naturally.