About the HTML to Text
Strip HTML tags and get clean, readable plain text. Paragraphs and line breaks are preserved, list items become bullets, and link URLs can be kept in brackets.
Key features
- Strips all HTML tags and decodes entities
- Removes scripts, styles and hidden template content
- Keeps paragraphs, headings and line breaks readable
- List items become • bullets
- Optionally keeps link URLs in brackets
- Safe: HTML is parsed without running scripts or loading images
Convert HTML into clean plain text
Copying text out of HTML emails, CMS exports, web page source or rich-text editors leaves you with tags and entities like . This converter strips the markup while keeping the structure readable: paragraphs stay separated, lists get bullets and links can keep their URLs.
Example
Input:
<h1>Weekly update</h1>
<p>Hello <b>team</b>, here's what's new:</p>
<ul><li>New <a href="https://xutilhub.com/calculator">calculators</a></li><li>Faster PDF tools</li></ul>
Output:
Weekly update
Hello team, here's what's new:
• New calculators (https://xutilhub.com/calculator)
• Faster PDF tools
What gets converted
| HTML | Plain text |
|---|---|
<p>, <div>, headings | Separate paragraphs |
<br> | Line break |
<li> | • bullet line |
<td>, <th> | Tab-separated cells |
<a href> | Link text (URL) |
&, , ' | &, space, ' |
<script>, <style> | Removed entirely |
Common uses
- Email marketing: create the plain-text version of an HTML newsletter.
- Content migration: move articles between CMSs.
- Data extraction: get readable text from scraped pages before analysis.
- Word counts: measure the real text length of an HTML page.
Related tools
Escape or unescape entities with the HTML Entity Encoder, extract links with the URL Extractor, or tidy the result with Remove Extra Spaces.
How to use the HTML to Text
- Type or paste your text into the input box.
- Choose the options you want.
- The result updates instantly as you type.
- Copy the output or download it as a .txt file.