HTML to Plain Text Converter
Updated September 2026
Strip HTML tags from any HTML and extract clean plain text instantly. Remove formatting, scripts, and styles while preserving text content — free online.
Verified Capabilities
Removes every tag — divs, spans, links, images, tables — leaving only the visible text.
Converts &, <, , ©, and other entities to their plain-text characters automatically.
Conversion uses the browser's own HTML parser — no content is uploaded to any server.
No option to preserve link URLs, and no toggle to control line-break or list formatting — block-level elements don't automatically get a line break in the plain-text output.
Writing, development, and content work all involve repetitive text tasks. The HTML to Plain Text automates this instantly so you can focus on what actually matters.
Strip HTML tags from any HTML and extract clean plain text instantly. Remove formatting, scripts, and styles while preserving text content — free online. Results are immediate — no waiting, no loading screens, no account required.
Who uses the HTML to Plain Text?
- Developers extracting readable text from web scraped HTML for NLP processing.
- Email marketers creating plain-text fallback versions of HTML newsletter emails.
- Data analysts cleaning HTML content from datasets before text analysis.
Common uses and search terms
The HTML to Plain Text is frequently used for: html to text, strip html, plain text. Whether you need a quick result or are working through a longer project, the tool handles all common variations without any configuration.
Why use Allio Tools's HTML to Plain Text?
Everything runs locally in your browser. No data is sent to a server, logged, or stored anywhere. The tool is completely free with no usage limits, no premium tiers, and no account required. Available in 11 languages and optimised for all screen sizes, the HTML to Plain Text works on desktop, tablet, and mobile with no app download needed.
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How the HTML to Plain Text works
Paste your HTML code into the input area.
Click Convert to Plain Text to strip all HTML tags and extract the readable text content.
Copy the clean plain text output with one click.
Tips & tricks
- There are no toggles to preserve line breaks, list formatting, or link URLs — it's a single Convert button that strips everything down to plain visible text.
- Because block elements (like or
Frequently Asked Questions
What HTML elements are stripped by this tool?
All HTML tags are removed: <div>, <p>, <span>, <a>, <img>, <table>, and all others. Script and style blocks are discarded along with their contents. The result is only the visible text content.
Are links preserved in the output?
No — there's no option to preserve URLs. Only the visible link text remains; the href value is discarded entirely and there's no toggle to add it back in parentheses.
Does it have options to preserve line breaks or list formatting separately?
No — there are no toggles at all, just a single Convert button. Because the browser's text-extraction doesn't insert line breaks at block-element boundaries (like </p> or </div>), paragraphs and list items that were on separate lines in the source HTML may run together without a line break in the output.
Can I use this to extract text from a web page?
Yes. View page source (Ctrl+U in most browsers), copy the HTML, and paste it here. The tool extracts all text content. For cleaner extraction of article text only, some web pages work better with a read mode extension first.
Does the tool preserve special HTML characters like &, <, >?
Yes. HTML entities are decoded to their plain text equivalents: & → &, < → <, > → >, → space, © → ©.
Can this tool convert HTML emails to plain text?
Yes. HTML emails often contain complex tables and inline styles. This tool strips all formatting and outputs the readable text content, useful for plain-text fallback email versions.
Is my data safe when using the HTML to Plain Text?
Completely safe. The HTML to Plain Text processes everything locally in your browser. No input data, results, or usage information is ever transmitted to or stored on any server.
Is there a character or word limit for the HTML to Plain Text?
The HTML to Plain Text has no hard character limit — it processes text as large as your browser can handle, typically hundreds of thousands of characters. Very large inputs may be slower depending on your device.
Can the HTML to Plain Text process text in other languages?
Yes. The HTML to Plain Text handles all Unicode text correctly, including accented characters, CJK characters, Arabic, Cyrillic, and emoji. It works with any language that your browser renders, with no additional setup or language packs required.
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