Extract Text from HTML

Strip all HTML tags from your code and extract only the raw text with the Extract Text from HTML Tool. Paste or import HTML content, preview clean text live, and export it in seconds.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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Supported file types: .html, .htm, .txt, .xml
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Options
Preserve line breaks
Strip extra spaces
Maximize output

How to Use:

  • Paste your HTML into the Input HTML box.
  • Or use Choose File to import HTML or text files.
    Supported file types: .html, .htm, .txt, .xml
  • The tool auto-extracts the visible text content from the markup.
  • Toggle Preserve line breaks to keep paragraph structure in the output.
  • Toggle Strip extra spaces to collapse spacing to single spaces.
  • Use Maximize output to expand the output box if needed.
  • Click Convert to trigger manual extraction if you’ve changed options.
  • Review the result in the Extracted Text box.
  • Use Copy Output to copy or Export to File to save it as .txt.
  • The Total characters count updates automatically as you edit.
  • Hit Clear All to reset everything: input, output, toggles, and file.

What the Extract Text from HTML Tool can do:

This tool removes all HTML, JavaScript, and tag-based syntax to reveal just the inner text. It cleans and flattens web page or markup content for reading, processing, or repurposing. Everything happens client-side and updates live.

Example:

Before:

<div><p>Hello <strong>world</strong>!</p><a href='#'>Link</a></div>

After:

Hello world! Link

Common Use Cases:

Perfect for extracting readable content from web pages, cleaning up pasted HTML, or converting HTML files to plain-text format. Ideal for writers, developers, and SEO analysts needing stripped-down content fast.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

If you’re pulling plain text out of HTML, Strip HTML Tags from Text is another one to keep close it helps clean up anything leftover that might’ve slipped through. And if the content came from a messy source, Normalize Line Breaks in Text can make it way easier to read by fixing weird spacing issues. Together, they give you a cleaner, more readable version of what was originally buried in markup. Handy when you’re scraping, copying from web pages, or just trying to declutter pasted code.

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