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Website Text Extractor

Get the words of a web page without menus, adverts or markup. Choose the main content – navigation, header, footer and sidebars are removed and the main or article element is used – or the text of the whole page. Headings can be marked with # and list items with -, link addresses can be kept in brackets, and table cells are separated by tabs. The result shows words, characters, reading time and paragraphs and can be copied or saved as a .txt file.

  • Encrypted connection
  • No sign-up
  • Free to use
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How to use Website Text Extractor

  1. Enter a page address (or paste HTML).
  2. Choose main content or the whole page.
  3. Choose heading marks and link addresses.
  4. Copy or download the text.

Website Text Extractor features

Main content mode

Menus and footers removed.

Structure kept

Headings, lists, paragraphs.

Link addresses

Optional.

Counts

Words and reading time.

Paste mode

Analyse HTML you paste, e.g. from a staging site.

Safe fetching

Public addresses only, with size and time limits.

When to use Website Text Extractor

  • Reading articles without clutter.
  • Feeding text into translation or AI tools.
  • Word counts for SEO briefs.
  • Archiving page text.

Website Text Extractor FAQ

How does it find the main content?

It removes navigation, headers, footers, sidebars and forms, then uses the main or article element if the page has one.

Is text added by JavaScript included?

No, only text in the HTML the server sends.

Can I use the text freely?

Text on websites is usually copyrighted. Quote and reuse it within the law and the site’s terms.

What about tables?

Cells are separated by tabs, so you can paste them into a spreadsheet.

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From web page to plain text

Plain text is the most portable form of content: it pastes cleanly into documents, translation tools, readability checkers and AI assistants.

Marking headings with # keeps the structure visible and works as Markdown.

How it works: our server downloads the page once through a guarded fetcher that only connects to public addresses, follows a limited number of redirects and stops after a size and time limit. The HTML is then analysed in your browser as inert text – scripts on the page never run and nothing is stored.

What it cannot see: content and resources that a page adds with JavaScript after it loads, pages behind a login, and servers that block automated requests. For those, open the page in your browser, use its developer tools, or paste the page source where the tool offers a paste option.

Use the results as a starting point: fix the items marked red first, review the yellow warnings in context, and run the check again after a change. Requests are rate-limited to keep the service fair; if you check many pages in a row, wait a few minutes.

Related checks on this site cover the rest of a technical review – speed and Core Web Vitals, security headers, structured data, accessibility and SEO signals – so you can work through a whole site audit one topic at a time.

Who it is for: site owners checking their own pages, developers debugging a release, SEO and marketing teams auditing clients or competitors, and students learning how the web works. No account or installation is needed, and the results are plain text and tables you can copy into a report or ticket.

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