Copying from a web page or an email often drags along HTML markup that clutters the text with tags and entities when you paste it into a plain field.
HTML Stripper removes the tags and decodes entities, leaving readable text, with an option to tidy the spacing.
How to use HTML Stripper
- Paste HTML or markup-laden text into the box.
- HTML Stripper removes the tags and decodes entities into readable characters.
- Keep tidy-whitespace on to neaten spacing, then copy the plain text.
Use cases
- Pulling readable text out of a copied web snippet.
- Removing markup from an HTML email before reusing the words.
- Cleaning tags out of a content export.
Good to know
HTML Stripper parses the markup with the browser parser, drops script and style blocks, converts block tags and line breaks to newlines, and decodes entities such as ampersand codes. The tidy-whitespace option collapses extra spacing for a cleaner read. Turn on keep-link-URLs if you want link addresses kept in parentheses.
Frequently asked questions
Are script and style blocks removed?
Yes. Their contents are dropped so only the visible text remains, not code or styling.
What happens to HTML entities like the ampersand code?
Named and numeric entities are decoded back into the characters they represent, such as the ampersand or a non-breaking space.
Can it keep the link addresses?
Yes. Turn on keep-link-URLs and each link address is added in parentheses after its text.