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Strip HTML Tags Regex

Matches opening, closing, and self-closing HTML tags — an angle bracket, an optional slash, a tag name, then any attributes up to the closing bracket. Plain text, stray less-than signs like "3 < 5", and already-escaped entities are left untouched.

runs 100% in your browser — nothing is uploaded

  1. 1Paste your textDrop your logs, code, or data into the test box on the right.
  2. 2Tweak the patternEdit the regex formula or toggle the g / i / m flags on the left.
  3. 3See matches instantlyMatching text lights up as you type, with a live counter.
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Explanation — token breakdown▾
    Matches: 0

    Matching runs locally as you type — nothing you paste here leaves this tab.

    Expected output — what the pre-loaded example matches

    Matches found: 11 (every HTML tag)

<article class="post">  <h1>  </h1>  <p>  <strong>  </strong>
<em>  </em>  <br/>  </p>  </article>

Left untouched: "3 < 5 and x > 2" (bare comparison signs are not tags)
and "&lt;div&gt;" (already-escaped entities contain no real < bracket).

    This is the result the sandbox above computes from its sample data — edit the pattern, flags, or test string and the live match counter recalculates instantly.

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    Is it safe to paste sensitive data into the Strip HTML Tags Regex?

    Yes. The Strip HTML Tags Regex runs 100% client-side inside your browser thread — nothing you paste is uploaded, logged, or transmitted. SandboxMax is a static site with no backend server, no cookies, and no trackers: open your browser's network panel while you work and you'll see zero requests leave the tab.