Does it execute or render the HTML?

No. The markup is parsed for tag boundaries but never injected into the DOM, so embedded scripts and event handlers can't run.

Are HTML entities decoded?

Yes. Named and numeric entities like &, ', and — are converted back to their literal characters in the plain-text output.

What about line breaks for block elements?

Toggle the "preserve breaks" option to insert newlines for , , , and other block tags. With it off, all whitespace is collapsed.

Is the HTML sent to a server?

No. Parsing and stripping happen locally in your browser.

tags · entities · whitespace

Strip HTML tags to plain text

Remove tags, decode entities, optionally preserve line breaks from block elements like and .

Strip HTML Workspace

HTML size

286 B

9 lines

Plain text

129 B

9 lines

Stripped

157 B

tags + entities

Mode

preserve

collapsed

input · HTML

output · plain text

Hello & welcome

This is bold and this is italic.

One

Two

Use entities like <br> to keep raw HTML readable. Visit example.com.

Quick Start

How to strip HTML

Removes all <tags>, decodes common entities (&, <, numeric refs), and optionally cleans up whitespace.

01
Paste HTML
Markup from CMS, scraped pages, or email HTML.
Tokenisation is Unicode-aware via \p{L}\p{N} property classes — so accented letters, ideographs, and emoji code points all count correctly.
any HTMLUTF-8Unicodecode pointslive
input · textHTML · UTF-8
```
Hi
```
loaded · UTF-8UTF-8 · ready
02
Preserve line breaks
Block elements (,  , <li>) become newlines.
Live re-counts run on every keystroke through a memoised reducer, so even multi-megabyte inputs stay smooth in the editor.
block tagslivememoisedoptionssnappy
preserve · optionsnewlines · live
```
para 1
para 2
```
options applied · livelive
03
Decode entities
& → &, < → <, numeric refs (') all decoded.
Output preserves the original line endings (\n vs \r\n) and trailing whitespace is reported separately so you can spot diff-only changes.
entitiesline endingswhitespacediff-cleanreproducible
decode · counted& → & · ready
```
Hello & welcome
```
counted · livecounted
04
Copy or download
Markdown export option for richer downstream use.
Copy writes via the Async Clipboard API; downloads ship as text/plain; charset=utf-8 — nothing leaves your tab.
copymdclipboardtext/plainblob
export · copiedready · done
```
✓ Copied
```
shipped · ready to shipsuccess

Pro tips

Text-processing fundamentals worth knowing

Tokenise with Unicode classes

Use \p{L}\p{N} with the u flag so accents, ideographs, and emoji count properly.

Normalise line endings

Convert \r\n to \n before diffing or hashing — Windows-vs-Unix endings produce phantom changes.

Mind invisible characters

Zero-width joiners, BOMs, and non-breaking spaces look identical to ASCII space. Strip them before comparison or storage.

Stream don’t slurp

For multi-megabyte text, iterate line-by-line rather than loading everything to memory — keeps the tab responsive.

Choose collation deliberately

Default JS sort is code-point order, not human alphabetical. Use Intl.Collator for locale-aware sorting.

Re-run after normalisation

NFC vs NFD changes byte length but not visible glyphs. String.prototype.normalize() before counts and comparisons.

Use Cases

When to strip HTML

Anywhere you want plain text from rich HTML.

Email cleanup

Convert HTML email bodies to plain text version. Tokenisation uses Unicode property classes (\p{L}, \p{N}) with the u flag so accents, ideographs, and emoji code points all count correctly. Surrogate-pair-aware counts mean 🚀 weighs 1, not 2.

Unicode-correct

Search indexes

Index plain text without markup noise. Result updates as you type — paste and watch totals settle in milliseconds even on multi-megabyte inputs. Heavy work runs through a memoised reducer so the editor never janks.

diff-clean

RSS feed bodies

Convert HTML descriptions to plain summaries. Output normalises line endings to LF for clean diffs across platforms. Windows-vs-Unix CRLF mismatches disappear, which keeps git blame honest and review comments focused on real changes.

instant counts

CMS migration

Extract content from a legacy CMS for re-import. Code-point counts are stable across NFC/NFD normalisation. Pair with the Reading Time Calculator to layer scan-time on top of raw counts, useful for editorial budgets and SEO meta-description limits.

platform-aware

AI training

Strip markup before feeding to language models. All processing runs client-side — paste sensitive or pre-publish copy without it leaving the tab. The clipboard API writes UTF-8 text/plain so it survives transit to any editor or CMS.

code-point-accurate

Word count

Count words/chars on the actual content without tag overhead. Same input plus same options always produces identical output, so the tool is safe to embed in CI scripts or doc-generation pipelines without race conditions.

lossless

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does it execute scripts?

No — script and style tag bodies are stripped along with the tags. The tool never evaluates JS.

What entities are decoded?

Named (&, <, >, ", ',  ) plus all numeric and hex character references.

Are , , <li> kept as newlines?

Yes when 'Preserve line breaks' is on. Closing block tags become newlines in the output.

What about <pre>?

Tags are stripped; inner whitespace is collapsed when that option is on. Disable it to preserve pre-formatted content.

Is anything sent to a server?

No. All processing runs locally.

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