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Strip HTML markup and decode HTML entities from spreadsheet text

Strip HTML markup tags and decode HTML entities from product descriptions, CMS exports, and scraped text.

🛡️ Your rows never leave your browser.
Why Onfyt: Processes remove html tags from cells entirely in-browser with dedicated Web Workers so your rows never leave your machine.

Interactive Sample Data

product_idtitlehtml_descriptionprice
PRD-01Ergonomic Desk<p>High-grade <strong>steel frame</strong> desk with &amp; dual motors.</p>450.00
PRD-02Office Chair<span>Breathable mesh back.<br>Adjustable lumbar &nbsp;support.</span>220.00
PRD-03Monitor Arm<div class="desc"><a href="/spec">Heavy-duty</a> gas spring mount.</div>85.00
PRD-04Desk Mat<p>Water-resistant felt &mdash; 90x40cm.</p>25.00

How this tool works

When exporting product catalogs, blog posts, customer feedback, or tickets from content management systems (WordPress, Shopify, Magento, Zendesk), text fields frequently contain raw HTML markup tags: <p>, <span>, <strong>, <a>, <br>, and embedded styling attributes. Raw HTML creates multiple problems when exported to spreadsheets: - Product descriptions look messy and cluttered with tags. - HTML entities (&amp;, &quot;, &nbsp;, &lt;, &gt;, &mdash;) display as literal code rather than plain punctuation. - Naively stripping tags can glue words together (e.g. converting "hello</p><p>world" into "helloworld"). This tool strips all HTML markup tags, intelligently converts block boundaries (<br>, </p>, </div>) into spaces to prevent word collisions, and decodes HTML entities into standard ASCII and Unicode characters. All processing runs client-side in your browser via local Web Workers. Your proprietary product catalog and customer notes remain strictly confidential. From a content management perspective, text exported from CMS platforms (WordPress, Shopify, Magento) frequently contains raw HTML tags (<p>, <span>, <br>, <a>) and encoded entities (&amp;, &quot;, &nbsp;). DataFix strips all HTML markup tags, intelligently converts block boundaries into spaces to prevent word collisions, and decodes HTML entities into clean, readable plain text formatted cleanly for immediate database and spreadsheet ingestion. From an enterprise security standpoint, proprietary product catalogs, internal knowledge base articles, and customer support tickets must remain confidential. Uploading content exports to external web utilities introduces intellectual property leakage risks. DataFix executes all HTML stripping locally in your browser memory via Web Workers, ensuring complete confidentiality and instant execution. In marketplace integrations (Amazon, eBay, Google Merchant Center), product listings containing raw HTML tags are frequently rejected during catalog feeds. Modern ad platforms and shopping feeds demand clean, plain-text product summaries without markup tags or unescaped entities. By stripping HTML tags and decoding entities into standard characters, e-commerce managers produce clean catalog feeds that pass marketplace validation checks on the first attempt. Furthermore, our engine provides fine-grained control over anchor link extraction: you can choose to strip links completely or preserve underlying URL targets in a separate reference column, preventing valuable hyperlink data, SEO references, and citations from being permanently lost during automated text cleanup and marketplace feed preparation.

Things that usually go wrong

  • Glued Words After Stripping Tags: Stripping tags directly without replacing line breaks turns "item 1
  • item 2" into "item 1item 2". DataFix converts tags to spaces.
  • Undecoded Entities (&,  ): Stripping tags leaves entities like & behind. DataFix decodes all HTML entities into standard punctuation.
  • Accidental Stripping of Comparison Signs (< >): Mathematical comparisons like "price < 100" can be mistaken for HTML. DataFix only strips recognized HTML tag patterns.

Edge cases we tested

🧪 Empty cells or missing values

Safely handled without schema corruption.

🧪 Leading or trailing cell whitespace

Sanitized prior to processing.

🧪 Large files with 25,000+ rows

Streamed via client-side Web Worker without tab freezing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will words get glued together when removing tags?

No. Block tags like
,

, and
are converted to spaces before stripping to prevent word collisions.

Does it decode HTML entities like & and "?

Yes! It decodes both named entities (&) and numeric entities (&) into standard characters.

Can I apply this to specific columns only?

Yes. You can target specific description columns without affecting other fields.

Is my data private?

Your rows never leave your browser. All processing runs in a JavaScript Web Worker inside this tab.

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