StripHTML.com began as a small personal project during my parental leave in 2011, when my first child was born. In those quiet, in-between moments — while navigating the wild world of new parenthood — I kept running into the same small, annoying problem: I needed a quick way to clean up bits of messy text, especially to strip away HTML tags. I didn’t want to open a bulky text editor or hack together scripts every time. I just wanted something that worked — instantly.
At the time, nothing out there quite fit the bill. So, like any curious developer, I built my own solution. Simple, fast, and to the point. I did some keyword research and found that "strip html" was a popular search term, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
What started as a one-page tool for my own use quickly found an audience. Others needed the same kind of lightweight utility — where you could paste in some text, hit a button, and move on with your day. Over the years, the site has quietly grown into just that: a small but useful corner of the internet that thousands and thousands of people rely on every week.
StripHTML.com continues to evolve alongside the changing needs of people who work with text on the web. Whether you're formatting content, debugging snippets, preparing input for a CMS, or just fixing something weird from a Word document — this site aims to offer small, focused tools to help you get it done. Fast.
It’s still a side project, built with care and curiosity. And I still update and maintain it with the same mindset I had back in 2011: keep it simple, useful, and respectful of your time and privacy.
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To provide simple, effective text tools that help people work more efficiently. We believe in keeping things straightforward and focused on what matters most: getting the job done.
We're committed to keeping our tools free, accessible, and easy to use. No signups, no tracking, no unnecessary complexity. Just the tools you need, when you need them.
We'll continue to improve and expand our tools based on user feedback. If you have suggestions or ideas for new features, we'd love to hear from you.