What this tool does
Removes HTML tags, decodes HTML entities, and extracts clean plain text from HTML input.
Data and text tool
HTML to TXT Converter
Strip HTML tags from any HTML snippet or file and extract clean plain text. Useful for content processing, text analysis, and cleaning scraped web data.
Complete guide
How to use HTML to TXT Converter
Developer tools guide for html to txt converter users.
HTML-to-text conversion is a common need: extracting readable content from scraped web pages, cleaning HTML email content, preparing text for NLP processing, or converting rich text editor output to plain strings.
This tool strips all HTML tags, decodes HTML entities (& → &, < → <), and optionally preserves line breaks from block elements like paragraphs and headings.
How to use it
Paste HTML into the input. Click Convert. The plain text output preserves line breaks from block elements. Copy or download the result.
Common uses
Cleaning scraped web data, extracting email body text, preparing content for word count or NLP analysis, converting CMS output to plain text.
Quick checklist
- Script and style tag contents are removed entirely, not just the tags.
- HTML entities (&, <, ) are decoded to their characters.
- Block elements (p, h1-h6, div, br) become line breaks in the output.
- Inline tags (span, strong, em) are removed with no spacing added.
Answers
HTML to TXT Converter FAQs
Are script and style contents removed?
Yes. The contents of <script> and <style> elements are removed, not just their tags.
What happens to HTML entities?
Standard HTML entities are decoded into their corresponding characters.
Does this work with malformed HTML?
The browser parser handles many incomplete documents. Review the result before relying on it.
Can I convert text to HTML?
Use the Text to HTML tool to wrap paragraphs in <p> elements and escape special characters.