Web pages and emails are HTML under the surface, and copying them into a plain-text form, a document or a message often drags tags along as litter. This converter strips tags properly in your browser: it feeds the HTML to the browser own parser and reads back the text content, so nested tags, entities and broken markup are handled far more reliably than a simple find-and-replace could manage. It is distinct from the HTML-to-Markdown converter on this site, which preserves structure as Markdown rather than flattening it to plain text. This kind of converter earns its place in a workflow when it removes a manual, error-prone translation step between two formats that should already agree. Because everything runs in the browser tab, there is no waiting for a server round trip, no account to create, and no copy of the input left on a remote machine. That privacy matters for work documents and data, and the speed matters when a conversion blocks the next step of a larger task. The output is shown in full on purpose: checking the converted result before pasting it elsewhere prevents silent errors from spreading into files, imports, and published pages. Used regularly, a small set of reliable converters replaces a surprising amount of tedious retyping for everyday format work. People reach for this tool in different situations, but the pattern is the same: a small job that should take a minute, not an afternoon of setup. Students use it for assignments, small business owners use it for day-to-day work, and creators use it for content that needs to look professional without a production budget. In each case the tool succeeds when it disappears into the task, giving a correct result and getting out of the way. That is why the interface stays simple, why the result is shown before any download, and why nothing here asks for an account before doing the job it promises.
Quick Answer: Paste HTML and click Convert. The plain text output keeps the readable words and drops all tags.
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HTML to Plain Text Converter
How to Use the HTML to Plain Text Converter
- Paste your HTML into the input box.
- Click Convert.
- Read the plain text output.
- Check that no tags survived in the output.
- Copy the plain text into your destination.
Key Features
- Tags stripped using the browser own HTML parser
- Entities decoded to their real characters
- Nested and messy markup handled reliably
- Runs entirely in your browser, with no uploads
- Free with no sign-up
Best Practices and Tips
- Strip HTML only at the final paste step, keeping the formatted original.
- Read the output once, since block elements may join unexpectedly.
- Copy link URLs separately if the destination needs them.
- Use plain text for forms and messages, not for web pages.
- Keep the HTML original for any future formatted reuse.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Using a regex tag-stripper on complex HTML and getting mangled output.
- Assuming link destinations survive when only link text is kept.
- Pasting raw HTML into a plain-text field without converting.
- Expecting tables to survive stripping as aligned columns.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does it strip tags?
The HTML is parsed by the browser own parser into a document, and the text content is read back. That handles nesting, entities and malformed markup far better than pattern matching on the raw string.
What happens to links?
Link text is kept and the destination URL is dropped, which suits reading. Copy any needed URLs separately before converting.
Is this the same as HTML to Markdown?
No. That tool preserves headings, links and lists as Markdown formatting, while this tool flattens everything to plain text with no formatting at all.
Does it run scripts in the HTML?
No. Only the text content is read back; scripts are not executed by this converter, and the result is plain text.
Is this tool free?
Yes, free and unlimited, with no account required.