Is this HTML to text converter free?
Yes. This HTML to text converter is free to use with no sign-up and no limit on how much you convert.
Does it upload my HTML to a server?
No. The text is extracted entirely in your browser, so the HTML you paste stays private on your device and is never uploaded.
How is this different from stripping HTML tags?
HTML to Text preserves more practical paragraph and list structure for readable output, while a strip-tags tool simply removes all markup with no structure.
Can I download the result?
Yes. The extracted text stays copyable and can be downloaded as a file.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. The converter runs in any modern browser, including mobile, so you can extract text from HTML on your phone.
How is this different from Strip HTML Tags in practice?
Strip HTML Tags collapses everything into one line with no separators, so a heading fuses into the paragraph that follows it. This tool inserts a blank line after every block element and a leading dash before every list item, so the result stays readable. Both drop link URLs and both read the body only, so that is not the difference.
What happens to my tables?
They collapse. Table, tr, and td are not in the block list, so no separator is inserted between cells or rows and the cell text concatenates: a two-cell row of A and B becomes AB. Worse, the next block runs into the last cell with no break. Remove tables from the input, convert them separately, or repair the output by hand.
Are numbered lists preserved?
No. Every list item is prefixed with a dash regardless of whether its parent is a <ul> or an <ol>, so the numbering of an ordered list is lost. If step numbers matter, renumber the output or convert to Markdown instead, where ordered lists survive.
Where did my links go?
The text extractor keeps the anchor's text and discards the href, so the words remain and the destinations do not. If you need the URLs, run the same markup through Extract Links From HTML, which lists every anchor with its href, rel, and target.
Can I get Markdown instead of plain text?
Not from this page. The output has no # for headings, no emphasis markers, and no [text](url) links. HTML to Markdown is the tool for that; this one is for readable plain text, for example when you are moving content into a note, an email, or a support reply.
Does anything leave my browser?
No. The HTML is parsed and the text extracted locally, which matters because the HTML people convert here is usually copied from a CMS, an email, or a customer record.