HTML to Text Converter - Extract Plain Text from HTML

Why Convert HTML to Plain Text?

HTML markup is filled with nested tags, style attributes, script blocks, and entities that clutter raw text. Whether you are generating plain text versions of transactional email newsletters, scraping content for machine learning and NLP pipelines, indexing web pages, or copying formatted website copy into documents, an intelligent HTML to text converter is essential.

Key Features & Conversion Options

• Preserve Line Breaks: Retain semantic paragraphs (<p>), break lines (<br>), lists, and headings, or flatten the document into continuous paragraphs.
• Keep Spacing & Indentation: Preserve multiple spaces, preformatted text blocks, and indentation without loss of structure.
• Custom Link Handling: Choose between extracting hyperlinked text alongside target URLs (e.g. Text [https://example.com]), extracting text only, extracting raw URLs, or dropping links entirely.
• Table to Grid Formatting: Automatically format HTML table data into readable ASCII markdown grid columns or tab-separated spreadsheet values.
• Automatic Entity Decoding: Converts HTML special entities such as &,  , ", and unicode characters into authentic readable characters.
• Live Word & Character Stats: Instant counters measure words, characters (with and without spaces), and total line counts.

How to Use the HTML to Text Converter

Paste your HTML markup into the left editor pane or click "Sample" to load an example template. Adjust your conversion options in the top toolbar to suit your exact needs. The plain text result generates instantly in the right-hand panel. Click "Copy" or "Download .txt" to save your clean document.