Plain Text Converter
Strip HTML, Markdown, Unicode formatting, and special characters to get clean plain text.
📄 What Is a Plain Text Converter?
A plain text converter strips all formatting — HTML tags, CSS styles, Markdown syntax, rich text formatting, and special characters — leaving you with clean, unformatted text. It's the fastest way to go from messy formatted content to clean text you can paste anywhere.
Whether you're copying from a website, cleaning up a Word document, or extracting text from an HTML email, this tool removes every layer of formatting and gives you pure text content.
🎯 When to Use This Tool
🌐 Web Content
Strip HTML tags, inline styles, and scripts from web page content. Get clean text from blog posts, articles, and web pages.
📧 Email Cleanup
Clean up HTML emails by removing formatting, images, and styling to get just the text content for archiving or forwarding.
📝 Document Conversion
Convert Word, Google Docs, or Markdown content to plain text for use in plain text editors, terminals, or code comments.
🗄️ Data Processing
Clean up text before importing into databases, spreadsheets, or APIs where formatting could cause parsing errors.
⚡ How to Use
- Paste formatted text — from any website, email, document, or rich text source
- See clean output — all formatting is stripped instantly
- Copy or download — get your clean plain text with one click
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What formatting does it remove?
HTML tags, CSS styles, Markdown syntax (bold, italic, links, headers), rich text formatting, and special invisible characters. Only plain text content remains.
Does it preserve line breaks?
Basic paragraph breaks are preserved. HTML <br> and <p> tags are converted to line breaks. Excessive whitespace is normalized.
Can I paste from Word or Google Docs?
Yes. Paste rich text from any source — Word, Google Docs, email, web pages — and the tool will strip all formatting, giving you clean text.
Is this tool free?
Yes, 100% free. No account, no ads. All processing happens locally in your browser — your text is never uploaded.