Remove Formatting from Rich Text

Clean, simplify, and normalize formatted text in seconds. Remove unwanted rich-text formatting and keep clean, consistent output.

Cleaning options

Output options

Remove Formatting from Rich Text - Explanation & Examples

The Remove Formatting from Rich Text tool cleans rich text and returns consistent output. It is ideal for text pasted from Word, Google Docs, email clients, and websites.

⭐ What this tool removes

  • Font styles such as family, size, color, and inline visual styling
  • Bold, italic, underline, and related text formatting tags
  • Links, lists, bullets, indentation, and media elements
  • Inline classes and HTML attributes
  • Emojis and special characters (optional)

⚙️ Cleaning options

All cleanup options are enabled by default so you get a clean result immediately. You can disable any checkbox to keep specific content elements.

  • Font styles: strips visual text styling wrappers
  • Text formatting: removes bold, italic, underline, and similar emphasis tags
  • Links: removes anchor elements while keeping visible link text
  • Lists and indentation: flattens list formatting and bullet symbols
  • Inline attributes: removes classes, style attributes, and HTML attributes
  • Emojis and special characters: keeps text cleaner for exports and systems with strict character sets
  • Images and media: removes non-text embedded elements

🧩 Output modes

  • Plain text: returns one normalized text flow with formatting fully stripped
  • Clean text with structure: keeps paragraphs and line breaks for readability

🔎 How to use

  1. Paste your rich text into the input area.
  2. Adjust the cleanup checkboxes as needed.
  3. Select your preferred output mode.
  4. Copy the result or download it as .txt.

⭐ Example

Input (formatted):

<p style="font-family:Arial;color:#c00"><strong>Update:</strong> Visit <a href="https://example.com">our site</a> ✅</p>

Output (clean text with structure):

Update: Visit our site

Frequently Asked Questions

It removes rich-text formatting and returns clean, normalized text output.

It works with content pasted from Word, Google Docs, emails, CMS editors, and websites.

Yes. All cleaning checkboxes are selected by default for fast cleanup.

Anchor tags are removed while visible link text is preserved.

It flattens list formatting by removing bullets and list indentation from the output.

Yes. Enable the <strong>Emojis and special characters</strong> option to strip them from the result.

Yes. Choose <strong>Clean text with structure</strong> to keep paragraphs and line breaks.

Plain text mode strips formatting and line structure into one normalized text flow.

Yes. Use the <strong>Copy</strong> button or download as a <code>.txt</code> file.

No. All processing runs in your browser and your content remains local.