What does HTML to text conversion do?

It removes all HTML tags, scripts, and style elements from markup, leaving only the readable text content. Block elements (h1–h6, p, div, li, br) are converted to newlines to preserve structure.

What happens to links in the HTML?

By default the link text is preserved but the href URL is discarded. If you enable the "Show link URLs" option, links are rendered as "link text (https://url)" in the output.

Are JavaScript and CSS included in the output?

No. and elements and their contents are completely removed before extracting text. Only visible text content is included in the output.

Does it preserve whitespace and formatting?

The tool normalises whitespace: multiple spaces collapse to one, and each block element (p, div, h1, li) creates a new line. You can optionally collapse multiple blank lines into one.

Can I use this to clean email HTML?

Yes. Paste the HTML source of an email to extract its readable text. This is useful for processing marketing emails, reading HTML newsletters as plain text, or feeding email content into text analysis tools.

What is this tool useful for in data processing?

HTML to text conversion is commonly used for: preparing web content for NLP/ML models, full-text search indexing, sending plain text fallback versions of HTML emails, and creating plain text summaries for SEO or accessibility.

Does this tool make any network requests?

No. Everything runs in your browser using the DOMParser API. Your HTML is never sent anywhere.

How do I get the HTML source of a webpage?

Press Ctrl+U (or Cmd+U on Mac) to view the page source in your browser. Select all (Ctrl+A), copy, and paste it here. Alternatively, right-click the page and choose "View Page Source".

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HTML to text

Strip HTML tags and convert markup to clean, readable plain text. Scripts and styles are removed automatically.

100% in your browser. HTML is never sent to any server.

HTML input

Show link URLs Collapse blank lines

Plain text output

How to use

Paste HTML source code into the left panel.
Choose options: show link URLs and/or collapse multiple blank lines.
Click Convert — plain text appears on the right.
Click Copy to copy the result to the clipboard.

Common use cases

Content extraction — pull readable text from web pages for analysis or summarisation.
Email plain text — convert HTML email templates to plain text fallback versions.
NLP preprocessing — strip markup before feeding text into language models.
Accessibility — convert rich HTML documents to screen-reader-friendly plain text.

Also see: Links Extractor and Meta Tags Preview.

常見問題

What does HTML to text conversion do?: It removes all HTML tags, scripts, and style elements from markup, leaving only the readable text content. Block elements (h1–h6, p, div, li, br) are converted to newlines to preserve structure.
What happens to links in the HTML?: By default the link text is preserved but the href URL is discarded. If you enable the "Show link URLs" option, links are rendered as "link text (https://url)" in the output.
Are JavaScript and CSS included in the output?: No. <script> and <style> elements and their contents are completely removed before extracting text. Only visible text content is included in the output.
Does it preserve whitespace and formatting?: The tool normalises whitespace: multiple spaces collapse to one, and each block element (p, div, h1, li) creates a new line. You can optionally collapse multiple blank lines into one.
Can I use this to clean email HTML?: Yes. Paste the HTML source of an email to extract its readable text. This is useful for processing marketing emails, reading HTML newsletters as plain text, or feeding email content into text analysis tools.
What is this tool useful for in data processing?: HTML to text conversion is commonly used for: preparing web content for NLP/ML models, full-text search indexing, sending plain text fallback versions of HTML emails, and creating plain text summaries for SEO or accessibility.
Does this tool make any network requests?: No. Everything runs in your browser using the DOMParser API. Your HTML is never sent anywhere.
How do I get the HTML source of a webpage?: Press Ctrl+U (or Cmd+U on Mac) to view the page source in your browser. Select all (Ctrl+A), copy, and paste it here. Alternatively, right-click the page and choose "View Page Source".

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