HTML tags remover
What this HTML tags remover does
It deletes angle-bracket tags such as <p>, <div>, or <span>, leaving the textual contents behind—useful for dumping readable excerpts into spreadsheets or SMS-length previews. It does not decode entities automatically, neutralize script URLs, or enforce an allowlist—those jobs belong to dedicated sanitizers such as DOMPurify on clients or proven libraries on servers.
When to use it
Use it when editors paste rich HTML into fields that only accept plain text, when you diff CMS exports, or when analytics needs titles stripped of markup for cardinality counts. For security-sensitive sinks, never rely on tag stripping alone. Follow with HTML entity converter if you also need & resolved, and with Markdown to HTML when the source was Markdown but you need the final text without tags.
Worked example
A CSV export includes <strong>Amount due</strong> in a column Power BI cannot sum. Strip tags for the chart feed while keeping a separate column with the original HTML for the PDF invoice.
Frequently asked questions
Will it remove inline styles?
The tag goes away; style attribute text may leave residue depending on implementation—test with your exact input.
What about <script> contents?
Stripping may leave script body text if not handled carefully. Use a real sanitizer to drop dangerous nodes entirely.
Tables and line breaks?
Plain removal can mash cells together. For structured data, parse the DOM and emit delimiters explicitly.