What Strip HTML helps you do

Remove tags, script and style blocks, then decode a few common HTML entities, leaving readable text. It is the way to get the plain content out of an HTML fragment without opening a browser. Tags are replaced with spaces, so words on either side of a tag do not run together.

Markup stripping runs locally in your browser with no upload to Haivix.

How it works

These tools scan the pasted text in the browser with a pattern or parser and return the matches in first-seen order. Extraction is a candidate list, not a verification step: an email-shaped string may not be deliverable, a URL may not resolve, and a number may be part of a date or an identifier. Nothing is uploaded, and the source text is never changed. The result is a snapshot of the pasted text; editing the source afterwards does not update the list.

How to use Strip HTML

Paste an HTML snippet or full document.
Strip the markup so only visible text remains.
Check that the text around links and bold words still reads correctly.
Copy the plain-text result.

When to use it

Extract the text of an email or page from its HTML source.
Clean markup out of content before importing it.
Read a fragment without the surrounding tags.
Prepare an HTML email for a plain-text version.
Pull copy out of a saved page for a word count.
Check whether a template contains placeholder text.

When not to use it

Do not expect JavaScript-rendered content; the tool does not run scripts.
Do not use it to sanitize HTML for display; it strips everything, including safe markup.
Do not rely on it for a faithful layout or table structure.

Example

A paragraph wrapped in tags with a bold word returns just the sentence text. A script block is removed entirely rather than appearing as code. An entity such as & becomes &, while an uncommon entity may remain encoded.

What you can do with Strip HTML

Remove script and style blocks entirely.
Strip HTML and XML tags from the fragment.
Decode common entities such as & and <.
Collapse excess spaces and blank lines.
Copy the plain-text result.
Run the stripping locally with no upload.

Example: check the matches on a sample

Paste a short sample first and count the expected matches by eye. Compare that count with the result before running a large file, because a missing match is easier to spot in a small sample.

Read a few matches in context to catch false positives. A phone-like number inside an order ID, or a URL inside a code snippet, is common and should not be treated as a contact or a live link.

Copy the list and keep the original. If the extraction feeds a mail merge or a report, verify a sample of the destinations rather than assuming every match is valid.

If the result is empty, check the input format before assuming the tool is broken. A bare domain without http, an address split across a line, or JSON with a trailing comma are common reasons for no matches.

For a list that will be contacted or published, keep the source and the extracted list side by side. The source is the only way to resolve a questionable match or explain why one was missed.

What to know before you start

It does not execute scripts, so content rendered by JavaScript is not present in the output.
Complex layouts lose their structure, and some entities may not be decoded.
It is not an HTML sanitizer and should not be used to prepare markup for display.
It collapses whitespace, which can change preformatted text.

Common mistakes

Expecting content injected by JavaScript to appear.
Assuming every HTML entity is decoded.
Using the output as sanitized HTML rather than plain text.
Losing table or list structure and not noticing until import.

Troubleshooting

If script text appears, check for a malformed closing tag that the pattern did not match.

If an entity remains, it may not be one of the decoded set; replace it manually.

If words run together, a tag was removed without a space; add one manually.

If the output is empty, the fragment may contain only markup or scripts.

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