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HTML to Text Converter

Strip HTML tags, decode entities, and convert HTML content to clean plain text while preserving the readable structure.

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How to Use HTML to Text Converter

  1. 01

    Paste HTML

    Paste your HTML source code into the input area. Supports full documents, fragments, and email templates.

  2. 02

    Convert

    Click convert to strip all HTML tags, decode entities, and transform the content into clean plain text.

  3. 03

    Copy Plain Text

    Copy the resulting plain text to your clipboard with one click, ready for any text-based use case.

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Why Use HTML to Text Converter

  • Complete Tag Stripping

    Removes all HTML tags including style blocks, script blocks, and inline elements while preserving readable text.

  • Link Preservation

    Converts anchor tags into a readable format showing both the link text and URL in parentheses.

  • Table Formatting

    Converts HTML table cells into tab-separated values and rows into line breaks for structured readability.

  • Whitespace Cleanup

    Normalizes excessive whitespace, blank lines, and indentation into clean, readable plain text output.

  • Instant Processing

    Converts HTML to text entirely in your browser with no server requests, delivering results in milliseconds.

  • Privacy First

    Your HTML content never leaves your browser. No data is uploaded, logged, or shared with any third party.

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Who Uses HTML to Text Converter

  • Email Marketers

    Generate plain text versions of HTML email campaigns to improve deliverability and accessibility compliance.

  • Developers

    Extract readable text from HTML responses, scraping results, or CMS content for processing and analysis.

  • Content Writers

    Convert published web pages back to editable plain text for repurposing across different content channels.

  • Accessibility Teams

    Create screen-reader-friendly text versions of web content to ensure compliance with accessibility standards.

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Free account, real API key, the same endpoints Enterprise customers use.

  1. 1Create a free account25 searches a month. No card.
  2. 2Copy your key and secretFrom API keys in the dashboard.
  3. 3Call the APIPaste the request; the answer is JSON.
Get free API keyRead the docs
curl "https://api.tomba.io/v1/email-finder?domain=piedpiper.com&first_name=Richard&last_name=Hendricks" \
  -H "X-Tomba-Key: $TOMBA_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Tomba-Secret: $TOMBA_SECRET_KEY"
Response
200 OK· 1 search credit
{
  "data": {
    "email": "richard@piedpiper.com",
    "first_name": "Richard",
    "last_name": "Hendricks",
    "full_name": "Richard Hendricks",
    "website_url": "piedpiper.com",
    "company": "Pied Piper",
    "pattern": "{first}",
    "department": "executive",
    "type": "personal",
    "position": "CEO",
    "country": "US",
    "gender": "male",
    "twitter": null,
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hendricks",
    "score": 100,
    "accept_all": false,
    "phone_number": true,
    "verification": {
      "date": "2025-01-15T10:32:00+01:00",
      "status": "valid"
    },
    "sources": [
      {
        "uri": "https://piedpiper.com/blog/engineering",
        "website_url": "piedpiper.com",
        "extracted_on": "2024-06-01T09:14:07+01:00",
        "last_seen_on": "2025-01-10T17:02:44+01:00",
        "still_on_page": true
      }
    ],
    "phone_data": []
  }
}