When you only need the tags gone and want the original spacing left exactly as it is, a heavier cleanup can do too much.
Remove HTML Tags deletes the markup and decodes entities while leaving whitespace untouched unless you ask for it.
How to use Remove HTML Tags
- Paste text that contains HTML tags.
- Remove HTML Tags deletes the tags and decodes entities, keeping your spacing as-is.
- Copy the de-tagged text, or turn on tidy-whitespace first.
Use cases
- Removing tags from a snippet while preserving its line layout.
- Stripping markup but keeping the original indentation.
- De-tagging text where spacing must not change.
Good to know
Remove HTML Tags focuses on removing the tags and decoding entities, and unlike the other HTML tools it leaves whitespace alone by default so your line layout is preserved. Escaped angle brackets that are not real tags are decoded to visible characters rather than removed. Turn on tidy-whitespace only if you also want spacing collapsed.
Frequently asked questions
Does it keep my original line breaks and spacing?
Yes. By default whitespace is left as-is; only the tags are removed. Turn on tidy-whitespace if you want spacing collapsed.
What about text that looks like a tag but is escaped?
Escaped angle brackets are decoded to visible characters rather than treated as tags, so they survive as text.
Is this different from the HTML stripper?
Yes. The stripper tidies whitespace by default, while this tool preserves spacing unless you opt in.