HTML Tag Stripper
Remove HTML tags and extract plain text content from HTML markup.
57 characters · 5 lines
About this tool
HTML Tag Stripper removes formatting tags and markup from HTML documents, leaving only the plain text content. This tool is essential when you need to extract readable text from web pages, email newsletters, or styled documents without losing the actual information beneath the formatting.
To use it, paste or upload HTML code into the input field, and the tool instantly displays the cleaned text. It handles all standard HTML elements—from basic tags like <p> and <div> to complex structures with nested attributes, CSS classes, and special characters—making it ideal for content migration, data cleaning, and preparing text for analysis or republication.
Writers, developers, and data analysts use this tool to quickly strip unwanted formatting when importing content from web sources, converting styled emails to plain text, or preparing raw text for database ingestion. The tool preserves line breaks and spacing naturally, so your extracted content remains readable and properly organized.
Frequently Asked Questions
Code Implementation
import re
import html
def strip_html_tags(text: str, decode_entities: bool = True) -> str:
"""Remove all HTML tags and optionally decode HTML entities."""
# Remove HTML tags
clean = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", text)
# Decode HTML entities
if decode_entities:
clean = html.unescape(clean)
return clean.strip()
# Example usage
html_text = "<p>Hello, <b>World</b>! & welcome to <Python>.</p>"
print(strip_html_tags(html_text))
# Hello, World! & welcome to <Python>.
print(strip_html_tags(html_text, decode_entities=False))
# Hello, World! & welcome to <Python>.
Comments & Feedback
Comments are powered by Giscus. Sign in with GitHub to leave a comment.