How to Use HTML to Plain Text Converter
- Paste HTML: Copy and paste HTML into the input area. Works with any HTML from web pages, emails, or rich text editors.
- Choose options: Select whether to preserve line breaks, remove scripts/styles, normalize whitespace, and decode HTML entities.
- Get your text: Click Convert to instantly get clean plain text. Copy to clipboard or download as a .txt file.
Use cases: Extract article content from web pages, clean rich text formatting, prepare plain text emails, SEO content analysis, text extraction from HTML emails.
FAQ
What can this HTML to plain text converter do?
This tool extracts clean plain text from HTML code by automatically removing all HTML tags (div, p, span, a, etc.). It's perfect for cleaning formatted text copied from web pages, extracting email content, preparing plain text versions of articles, and SEO content analysis.
Will the converted text lose line breaks?
No. The tool preserves the line break structure from HTML by converting <br>, <p>, <div> and other block-level tags into line breaks. You can also remove script/style tags to keep JavaScript and CSS out of your result.
Is my data uploaded to any server?
No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your HTML code is never sent to any server. You can even use this tool offline.
Which HTML elements are supported?
All standard HTML elements are supported. The tool handles headings converted with line breaks, lists with bullet points, table cell text extraction, link text extraction, and image alt text extraction.
How is this different from copying text from a browser?
Copying from a browser often includes hidden characters and extra whitespace. This tool provides more thorough cleaning with precise control over line break preservation, script removal, whitespace normalization, and HTML entity decoding.