Free online HTML cleaner — clean up & simplify HTML
HTML Washer is a free online HTML cleaner that strips scripts, CSS, and unnecessary markup from messy HTML
Paste HTML to clean it up
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What exactly does it do?
- Fixes malformed HTML (unclosed tags, invalid nesting)
- Reduces the markup to:
<html lang>,<head>,<meta charset name content>,<title>,<body>,<p>,<blockquote cite>,<hr>,<figure>,<figcaption>,<a href title target>,<strong>,<em>,<b>,<i>,<s>,<u>,<br>,<h1>,<h2>,<h3>,<h4>,<h5>,<h6>,<img src alt width height loading>,<picture>,<source srcset sizes media type src>,<video src width height poster controls preload>,<audio src controls preload>,<table>,<caption>,<thead>,<tbody>,<tfoot>,<tr>,<th colspan rowspan>,<td colspan rowspan>,<col span>,<colgroup span>,<code>,<pre>,<ul>,<ol start type reversed>,<li>,<dl>,<dt>,<dd>,<abbr title>,<cite>,<dfn>,<kbd>,<samp>,<var>,<mark>,<small>,<q>,<wbr>,<del datetime cite>,<ins datetime cite>,<sub>,<sup>,<time datetime> - Replaces:
<strike>to<del>,<tt>to<code>,<acronym>to<abbr>,<dir>to<ul>,<listing>to<pre>,<xmp>to<pre>,<plaintext>to<pre> - Reformats the HTML (line breaks, indents)
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Did you know? Apify offers a free tier — you get $5 to use monthly.
Apify also has a super generous Creator plan (though you can run only your own actors) that costs just $1/month (billed $6 semi-annually) and includes a one-time $500 platform credit for your first 6 months — with up to 32 GB RAM and 32 concurrent actor runs.
