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BBCode Stripper: Remove BBCode Tags from Text

This free tool removes BBCode tags used on forums, such as [b], [i], [u], [url], [img], [quote], [code], [color], [size] and [list], and leaves clean readable text. You can keep link addresses if you wish.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

Forum posts are full of square-bracket tags. If you copy a post into an email, a document or a database, the codes get in the way.

Paste the post and choose how to treat links and images.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Enter or paste your input in the box or boxes above.
  2. Choose the options, if there are any.
  3. Press the button to run the tool.
  4. Read the result and use the copy button where one is shown.

How the Calculation Works

The tool removes opening and closing tags for the known set: b, i, u, s, url, img, quote, code, color, size, font, center, left, right, justify, list, table, tr, td, th, spoiler, email, youtube, hr and similar. Link tags are turned into their text, with the address in brackets if you ask. List item marks become dashes.

Worked Example

[b]Hello[/b] [url=https://x.com]site[/url] becomes Hello site, or Hello site (https://x.com) with addresses kept.

Common Uses

  • Moving forum posts.
  • Cleaning old data.
  • Preparing text for search.
  • Counting words.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Nested tags are handled in one pass.
  • Tag names are not case sensitive.
  • Check code blocks, where square brackets may be real code.
  • Check the first result against a case you already know, so you can trust the tool for the rest.
  • Nothing you type leaves your device. The work is done by your browser, so it also works with a slow connection once the page has loaded.

Next, you may need the Markdown stripper, HTML tag stripper, character counter, text repeater.

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or sent to any outside service.

Frequently Asked Questions

A simple markup language used on forums. Tags in square brackets, like [b]bold[/b], style the text.
Yes. Only the tags are removed, apart from images, where you can choose to keep the address.
Yes. The [*] item marks become a dash at the start of the line.
Text such as [1] or [note] is left alone, because only known BBCode tag names are removed.

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