Remove HTML Tags

What Is an HTML Tag Remover?

An HTML tag remover (also called an HTML stripper) extracts clean, readable text from HTML code by removing all markup tags, scripts, styles, and comments. It converts raw HTML into plain text while intelligently handling entities, preserving document structure, and giving you control over which elements to keep or remove.

Why Strip HTML Tags?

Raw HTML is not suitable for many applications:

• Content migration: Move content from HTML websites to plain text systems.
• Email processing: Extract readable text from HTML emails for plain text versions.
• SEO analysis: Extract visible text from pages to analyze keyword usage.
• Data extraction: Scrape web content for research or content aggregation.
• Accessibility: Convert HTML to plain text for screen readers.
• Translation: Prepare content for translation tools that don't accept HTML.

How HTML Stripping Works

The tool processes HTML through configurable operations:

• Comment removal: Strips <!-- comments --> (optional).
• Script & style removal: Deletes content between <script> and <style> tags (optional).
• Event handler removal: Strips onclick, onload, and other event attributes (optional).
• Tag stripping: Removes HTML/XML tags, optionally preserving allowed tags.
• Entity decoding: Converts HTML entities to actual characters.
• Line break preservation: Optionally converts block elements to newlines.

Cleaning Options Explained

• Strip HTML/XML Tags: Removes all angle-bracket markup.
• Decode HTML Entities: Converts &amp; → &, &lt; → <, &copy; → ©.
• Remove Script Blocks: Deletes JavaScript inside <script> tags.
• Remove Style Blocks: Deletes CSS inside <style> tags and inline styles.
• Remove HTML Comments: Strips <!-- comment --> blocks.
• Preserve Line Breaks: Adds newlines after block elements.
• Remove Event Handlers: Strips onclick, onload, etc.
• Allowed Tags: Specify tags to keep (e.g., b, i, a).

Who Uses This Tool?

• Content Managers: Extract text from HTML pages.
• Email Developers: Generate plain text versions of HTML emails.
• SEO Specialists: Extract visible text for content analysis.
• Web Scrapers: Clean scraped HTML into usable text.
• Developers: Extract text for testing or data migration.

Key Features

• Collapsible options panel: Cleaning options hidden by default for a cleaner interface.
• 7 toggle options: Independent control over each cleaning operation.
• Active options badge: See how many options are enabled at a glance.
• Allowed tags field: Preserve specific HTML tags.
• Smart entity decoding: Converts all standard HTML entities.
• Script/style removal: Complete deletion of embedded code.
• Line break preservation: Maintains document structure.
• Comprehensive statistics: Character counts, tags removed, entities decoded.
• 100% private: All processing in-browser.

Before & After Examples

Before (HTML):

<h1>Welcome</h1>
<p>This is <b>bold</b> text &amp; more.</p>
<!-- comment -->
<script>alert('x');</script>

After (all options):

Welcome
This is bold text & more.

Allowed Tags Guide

• Basic formatting: b, i, u, strong, em
• Links: a (preserves href)
• Lists: ul, ol, li
• Headings: h1, h2, h3