---
title: plainify
linktitle: plainify
description: Strips any HTML and returns the plain text version of the provided string.
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-04-30
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings]
signature: ["plainify INPUT"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [jsonify]
deprecated: false
aliases: []
---

```
{{ "<b>BatMan</b>" | plainify }} → "BatMan"
```

See also the `.PlainWords`, `.Plain`, and `.RawContent` [page variables][pagevars].

[pagevars]: /variables/page/