Text Cleaner
Strip HTML tags, fix smart quotes, and remove invisible characters.
How to Use the Text Cleaner
Paste your text into the input box and click Clean Text. The tool runs a sequence of cleanup operations and delivers plain, clean text in the output box.
What This Tool Cleans
HTML Tags
Strips all <tag> markup, keeping only the plain text content. Useful for pasting text from a webpage or CMS into a plain text environment.
HTML Entities
Decodes common HTML entities: & → &, < → <, → space, and numeric entities like “.
Smart Quotes
Converts curly/smart quotes (" " ' ') to straight ASCII quotes (" '). Smart quotes cause problems in code, CSV files, and many plain-text contexts.
Invisible Characters
Removes zero-width spaces, soft hyphens, non-breaking spaces, and other non-printing Unicode characters that are invisible but can cause issues in search, data processing, and publishing tools.
Whitespace
Collapses multiple spaces into one and trims each line, while preserving paragraph breaks.
Common Use Cases
- Cleaning AI-generated text before publishing
- Stripping HTML from copied web content
- Preparing text for import into a database or spreadsheet
- Fixing smart quotes before pasting into code