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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-html-tags/112628 "2007-08-21T15:35:29Z")\
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**Author:**  [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-html-tags/112628/1 "2007-08-21T15:35:29Z")
Hello all,
I’m working on a bit of code that needs to convert HTML to plain text.
Is there an easy way to do this in Ruby, or do I need to write some code
to handle it with a regular expression? I only want the human-readable
parts of the page, so I also have to remove anything within script tags.
Thanks,
Will
Yes, even I blog now:
[http://willsmentaldebris.blogspot.com/](http://willsmentaldebris.blogspot.com/)
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**Author:**  [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-html-tags/112628/2 "2007-08-21T16:22:43Z")
see ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper#strip\_tags
Will G. wrote:
> Yes, even I blog now:
>
> [http://willsmentaldebris.blogspot.com/](http://willsmentaldebris.blogspot.com/)
>
> * * *
>
> Got a little couch potato?
> Check out fun summer activities for kids.
> [http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48248/\*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni\_on\_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz](http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48248/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz)
>
> >
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Sincerely,
William P.