HTML: Extract Text from Specific Tag

Extract clean text from selected HTML tags. Processing runs fully in your browser.

Tag Selection

HTML: Extract Text from Specific Tag - Explanation & Examples

The Extract Text from Specific Tag tool extracts only text content from selected HTML tags. You can select up to four tag selectors, including a custom tag option, while script and style content is always excluded.

⭐ What this tool does

  • Extracts text from one or multiple selected tags
  • Supports up to 4 tag selectors with duplicate selections ignored automatically
  • Supports Headings (H1–H6) as one combined option
  • Removes all HTML tags and attributes from output
  • Shows a simple HTML preview below output: headings in bold, list items as bullets, other text as plain text
  • Keeps output in original document order

🔎 How to use

  1. Upload an HTML file or paste HTML into the input area.
  2. Select up to four tags using Tag 1 to Tag 4.
  3. If you choose Custom tag, enter the tag name in the shown input field.
  4. Click Extract Text.
  5. Review the Output Preview to quickly see structure and hierarchy.
  6. Copy the extracted text or download it as .txt or .rtf.

⭐ Example

Input HTML:

<h2>Welcome <span>User</span></h2>
<p class="lead">This is <strong>important</strong> text.</p>
<a href="/test">Read more</a>

Selected tags: H2, P, A

Output text:

Welcome User
This is important text.
Read more

Output Preview:

Welcome User
    This is important text.
    Read more

⚠️ Notes & limitations

  • Script and style text is always excluded.
  • Malformed HTML is parsed with browser HTML parser rules.
  • RTF export keeps simple formatting: headings become bold and list items become bullets.
  • All processing is client-side; no data is uploaded.

Frequently Asked Questions

It extracts clean text content from selected HTML tags and returns plain text output without HTML markup.

Yes. You can select up to four tag selectors. Duplicate selections are ignored automatically.

It includes all six heading tags (<code>h1</code> through <code>h6</code>) in one selection.

Yes. Select <strong>Custom tag</strong> in any selector and enter your tag name manually.

No. Script and style content is always excluded from extraction.

Results are shown in the same order elements appear in your HTML document.

The preview renders extracted results in simple HTML: heading tags are shown bold, list items are shown as bullets, and all other text is shown as plain lines.

Yes. You can copy output to clipboard and download it as a <code>.txt</code> or <code>.rtf</code> file.

No. All processing runs entirely in your browser (client-side only).