Remove HTML

Strip all HTML tags and entities.

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What the Remove HTML Tool Does

The Remove HTML tool (commonly known as an HTML Stripper) is a developer utility that takes raw web code and extracts only the plain, human-readable text. It safely deletes all HTML markup, inline CSS styles, and embedded script tags.

If you have ever tried to copy text from a bloated web page source code, you know how frustrating it is to manually delete hundreds of <div> and <span> tags. This tool automates the entire extraction process.

When to Strip HTML from Text

Extracting pure text from web code is a critical step in many digital workflows:

  • Content Migration (CMS): When moving articles from an old legacy site to a new platform, inline styles (like <span style="color:red;">) can break the new design. Stripping the HTML allows you to paste pure text and let the new CMS handle the typography and styling natively.
  • Web Scraping and Data Analysis: If you are using Python or a scraping tool to pull product descriptions from an e-commerce site, the resulting data is usually wrapped in HTML. You must strip these tags before you can analyze the actual words.
  • Security and Sanitization: While this tool is for client-side formatting, the concept of stripping HTML is vital for preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks in user-submitted forms.

Examples of HTML Removal

Watch how the tool ignores the structural code and isolates the readable copy:

Before: <h1 class="title">Hello World</h1><p>This is a <strong>bold</strong> statement.</p>

After: Hello World This is a bold statement.

Related Code and Text Cleaners

If you need to further sanitize your extracted text, use these related utilities:

  • Remove Line Breaks - After extracting text from HTML, you may be left with awkward paragraph gaps. This tool stitches the text back together.
  • Remove Extra Spaces - Delete any double spaces that were left behind after inline elements were stripped out.
  • URL Encode & Decode - Safely format strings containing special characters so they can be securely passed through web browsers.