HTML to Text Converter
HTML to Text Converter: free, instant and private. Use this before pasting web content into editors, emails or CMS fields that mangle markup.
How the HTML to Text Converter works
The HTML to Text Converter takes HTML content and returns the answer instantly — no button to hunt for, no page reload. Use this before pasting web content into editors, emails or CMS fields that mangle markup. It is also a quick readability check: if the stripped text reads well, the page structure is doing its job.
Enter your own numbers to replace the example values; the result panel updates as you type. Everything runs in this single page, so nothing you enter leaves your device.
Formula used
drop script/style blocks, block tags become line breaks, entities decode, whitespace collapses
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| script/style | removed entirely — their contents are not text |
| line breaks | </p>, </div>, </li> and <br> produce newlines |
| entities | & < > " decode to real characters |
Use this before pasting web content into editors, emails or CMS fields that mangle markup. It is also a quick readability check: if the stripped text reads well, the page structure is doing its job.
Inputs used: HTML content.
Worked example
Take the default example — html content of <h2>Weekly update</h2><p>We shipped <b>twelve</b> new tools.</p><!-- more -->:
- characters: 42
- words: 7
Frequently asked questions
- What formula does the HTML to Text Converter use?
- It uses drop script/style blocks, block tags become line breaks, entities decode, whitespace collapses, where script/style is the removed entirely — their contents are not text; line breaks is the </p>, </div>, </li> and <br> produce newlines; entities is the & < > " decode to real characters.
- Is the HTML to Text Converter free?
- Yes. There is no signup, no usage limit and no watermark — the checker runs entirely in your browser.
- How do I read the result?
- Use this before pasting web content into editors, emails or CMS fields that mangle markup. It is also a quick readability check: if the stripped text reads well, the page structure is doing its job.
- Does the HTML to Text Converter store or send my data?
- No. Every calculation happens locally in the page, so the numbers you type are never uploaded or logged.
- Does it work on a phone and offline?
- Yes — the page is a single lightweight file that adapts to any screen size. Once it has loaded it keeps working without a network connection.