HTML to Text Converter

How to Use It

1. Paste HTML markup.
2. Click Convert.
3. Copy or download the resulting plain text.

How It Preserves Structure

Block-level elements (paragraphs, headings, list items, divs) each produce a line break in the output, so the extracted text retains readable paragraph/list structure instead of running everything together into one unbroken line.

Security Notes

HTML is parsed using an inert, detached DOMParser document that is never inserted into the live page - any embedded <script> tags or event handlers in your input are never executed.

Example

<h1>Order shipped</h1>
<p>Hi Asha, your order <b>#1042</b> is on its way.</p>
<ul><li>Blue Mug</li><li>Travel Bottle</li></ul>

becomes readable plain text, with each block on its own line:

Order shipped
Hi Asha, your order #1042 is on its way.
Blue Mug
Travel Bottle

When You Need Plain Text

• Email: writing the plain-text part of an HTML email, which improves deliverability and helps readers whose app blocks HTML.
• Word counts and readability for content that only exists as HTML.
• Search indexes and AI prompts, where tags waste space and add noise.
• SMS or push notifications built from HTML templates.

What Is Removed

All tags, attributes, inline styles and scripts are dropped; entities such as & become the characters they represent. Link text is kept but the URL itself is not, so add important links back by hand if the text needs them.

Want to keep headings, lists and links? Use HTML to Markdown instead. To go from plain text to HTML, use Text to HTML.