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How Do I Remove HTML From Ao3 Txt Exports Safely?
2025-09-05 19:33:46
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Quinn
2025-09-07 04:00:18
When I want a fast, command-line solution I reach for tools that already know how to turn HTML into plain text. My favorite one-liners: pandoc -f html -t plain infile.html -o outfile.txt or html2text infile.html > outfile.txt. Both do a decent job preserving paragraphs and converting / into readable markers.
If you prefer the old-school browser dump trick, lynx -dump infile.html > outfile.txt or w3m -dump infile.html > outfile.txt work well and are quick to script for batches. Important safety notes: don’t run a blanket regex like <[^>]+> without first converting
to newlines and decoding entities, because you’ll lose spacing and end up with mashed paragraphs. Also always check encoding; AO3 uses UTF-8, so force that in your tools (for example, python3 -c "import sys,html; print(html.unescape(open('file.txt',encoding='utf-8').read()))"). I usually run a small test on one chapter before doing an entire collection to catch edge cases like spoilers or embedded HTML comments.
If you prefer the old-school browser dump trick, lynx -dump infile.html > outfile.txt or w3m -dump infile.html > outfile.txt work well and are quick to script for batches. Important safety notes: don’t run a blanket regex like <[^>]+> without first converting
to newlines and decoding entities, because you’ll lose spacing and end up with mashed paragraphs. Also always check encoding; AO3 uses UTF-8, so force that in your tools (for example, python3 -c "import sys,html; print(html.unescape(open('file.txt',encoding='utf-8').read()))"). I usually run a small test on one chapter before doing an entire collection to catch edge cases like spoilers or embedded HTML comments.
Victoria
2025-09-08 10:29:05
Okay — if you want a safe, repeatable way to strip HTML from AO3 .txt exports, here’s a workflow that’s saved me from wrecked formatting more than once.
First, always make a copy. Seriously: duplicate the file before you touch it. AO3's userstuff usually uses
First, always make a copy. Seriously: duplicate the file before you touch it. AO3's userstuff usually uses
wrappers and lots of
tags for line breaks. My go-to approach is to convert obvious break tags into real newlines first (replace
,
,
with
), then decode HTML entities (so & becomes & and " becomes "). If you do that first, the rest of the cleanup behaves nicely.
After that I use a proper HTML parser rather than a blunt regex. A simple Python snippet with 'BeautifulSoup' (html.parser) that calls get_text('
') will preserve paragraph breaks and avoid accidentally removing content inside scripts, comments, or attributes. If you need to keep italics/bold, map / to *text* or _text_ before stripping. Test on one chapter, tweak, then batch-process. Always glance through the result for spoilers or embedded notes that might rely on tags — sometimes 'spoiler' spans need manual handling.
tags for line breaks. My go-to approach is to convert obvious break tags into real newlines first (replace
,
,
with
), then decode HTML entities (so & becomes & and " becomes "). If you do that first, the rest of the cleanup behaves nicely.
After that I use a proper HTML parser rather than a blunt regex. A simple Python snippet with 'BeautifulSoup' (html.parser) that calls get_text('
') will preserve paragraph breaks and avoid accidentally removing content inside scripts, comments, or attributes. If you need to keep italics/bold, map / to *text* or _text_ before stripping. Test on one chapter, tweak, then batch-process. Always glance through the result for spoilers or embedded notes that might rely on tags — sometimes 'spoiler' spans need manual handling.
Reese
2025-09-08 19:52:02
If you like GUI tools and tinkering, I handle most AO3 exports inside an editor and a tiny script. I open the file in 'Notepad++' or VSCode, then I replace with
using regex mode to restore visible line breaks. Next step is HTML-decoding: in Notepad++ there's an 'HTML Decode' plugin; in VSCode you can use an extension or a quick Node/Python command to unescape entities.
After decoding, I remove remaining tags with a careful regex like <(script|style)[\s\S]*?>[\s\S]*?<\/\1> to drop scripts/styles first, then <[^>]+> to strip tags. The reason I prefer this route is that I can visually confirm formatting, re-add blank lines between paragraphs, and handle AO3-specific classes such as 'userstuff' or 'spoiler' manually—sometimes I convert spoilers to [SPOILER] markers instead of deleting them. This method is slower but it keeps control tight and I can preserve emphasis or footnotes if I want.
using regex mode to restore visible line breaks. Next step is HTML-decoding: in Notepad++ there's an 'HTML Decode' plugin; in VSCode you can use an extension or a quick Node/Python command to unescape entities.
After decoding, I remove remaining tags with a careful regex like <(script|style)[\s\S]*?>[\s\S]*?<\/\1> to drop scripts/styles first, then <[^>]+> to strip tags. The reason I prefer this route is that I can visually confirm formatting, re-add blank lines between paragraphs, and handle AO3-specific classes such as 'userstuff' or 'spoiler' manually—sometimes I convert spoilers to [SPOILER] markers instead of deleting them. This method is slower but it keeps control tight and I can preserve emphasis or footnotes if I want.
Bella
2025-09-10 04:10:56
Short and practical: back up the file, convert
to newlines, decode HTML entities, then strip tags with a parser or careful regex. For quick desktop fixes use 'pandoc' or 'html2text' to get clean output in seconds. If you're on Windows and prefer a GUI, Notepad++ with HTML decode plus two regex replaces (one for
, one for tags) works great.
One safety tip I always follow: check for AO3-specific spans like spoilers or user formatting before deleting everything—sometimes those have useful content or need replacement with simple markers. Run your chosen process on one sample file first, then batch-process; it avoids surprises and keeps your chapters readable.
to newlines, decode HTML entities, then strip tags with a parser or careful regex. For quick desktop fixes use 'pandoc' or 'html2text' to get clean output in seconds. If you're on Windows and prefer a GUI, Notepad++ with HTML decode plus two regex replaces (one for
, one for tags) works great.
One safety tip I always follow: check for AO3-specific spans like spoilers or user formatting before deleting everything—sometimes those have useful content or need replacement with simple markers. Run your chosen process on one sample file first, then batch-process; it avoids surprises and keeps your chapters readable.
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