What Does “Strip HTML” Mean?
HTML is the code behind web pages — the angle brackets that tell a browser “this is a heading” or “this is a link”. It looks like this: <p>Hello <b>world</b></p>. A person reading it does not want the brackets; they want the words inside: “Hello world”.
Stripping HTML removes all of those tags and leaves only the plain text. It also decodes the special codes HTML uses for characters — & becomes &, < becomes < — and it throws away whole script and style blocks, so no code is left hiding in the result.
This page opens with the Remove HTML tool already selected, so you do not have to hunt for the right button. Paste your HTML, and the plain text comes out at once.
How to Use This HTML Stripper
- Paste or type your HTML in the box above.
- Remove HTML is already selected — just check the result.
- Copy it with one click, or download it as a text, PDF, Word or Excel file. You can also upload a whole file (PDF, Word, Excel, CSV — or an HTML file) and strip every tag inside it at once.
Strip HTML Rules (the Simple Version)
| What the text has | What happens | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A tag like <p>, <b>, <a href=”…”> | It is removed, the words inside stay | <p>Hello <b>world</b></p> → Hello world |
| A <script> or <style> block | The whole block is thrown away, code and all | <script>alert(‘hi’)</script>Hello → Hello |
| A code like & or < | It becomes the real character | Fish & Chips <3 → Fish & Chips <3 |
| Plain words with no tags | They do not change | “Hello world” stays “Hello world” |
| Links | The address is removed, the link text stays | <a href=”https://example.com”>Visit our site</a> → Visit our site |
One thing to remember: this tool only removes the code. It does not add spaces where tags were, so two blocks that sat next to each other will run together — read the result once and add a space or a line break where one is missing.
Examples (checked by hand)
- “<p>Hello <b>world</b></p>” → “Hello world”
- “Fish & Chips <3” → “Fish & Chips <3”
- “<p>Tom & Jerry</p>” → “Tom & Jerry”
- “<script>alert(‘hi’)</script>Hello” → “Hello” (the whole script block is gone, the word stays)
Notice the pattern in every example: every tag is gone, the words and the real characters are exactly where they were, and no code is left behind.
When to Use an HTML Stripper
Use it whenever you have web code and need the words inside it. Copying text from a web page often pastes the HTML with it; an email saved as HTML is full of tags; a product description from a shop’s database arrives wrapped in <div> and <span>. Paste it here and you get clean plain text, ready for a document, a message, or a spreadsheet.
It is also a safety habit: stripping HTML before pasting code into another system stops hidden scripts from coming along for the ride — the script blocks are thrown away, not just hidden.
Do not use it when you want to keep the formatting — a stripped page has no headings, no bold, no links. If the layout matters, keep the HTML; if only the words matter, strip it.
Why Use Our HTML Stripper?
Most free HTML stripper pages give you a bare box and nothing else. This one gives you the same tool as our main Case Converter, with three things the thin competitor pages do not offer: upload a whole file (an HTML file included) and strip it in one go, download the result in four formats, and Find & Replace inside your text before cleaning it. It is free, it works on a phone, and nothing you paste is stored.
Frequently Asked Questions About Stripping HTML
What is the difference between “strip html” and “remove html tags”?
Nothing — they are two wordings for the same job. “Strip HTML” is the wording developers use; “remove HTML tags” is the wording everyone else uses. This one page and tool does both.
Will it remove scripts as well as tags?
Yes. Whole <script> and <style> blocks are thrown away completely — code and all — so no hidden code survives in the result.
What happens to links?
The web address is removed and the link text stays. <a href=”https://example.com”>Visit our site</a> becomes “Visit our site” — the words, not the address.
Can I strip a whole HTML file at once?
Yes. Upload the file, strip the tags, and download the plain text. That is the feature most simple HTML stripper pages do not have.
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