How do I remove all HTML tags from a string without knowing which tags are in it?

c#, html

Solution

You can use a simple regex like this:

public static string StripHTML(string input)
{
   return Regex.Replace(input, "<.*?>", String.Empty);
}

Be aware that this solution has its own flaw. See Remove HTML tags in String for more information (especially the comments of 'Mark E. Haase'/@mehaase)

Another solution would be to use the HTML Agility Pack. You can find an example using the library here: HTML agility pack - removing unwanted tags without removing content?

Problem

Is there any easy way to remove all HTML tags or ANYTHING HTML related from a string? For example: ``` string title = "<b> Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#228b22\">[Proj # 206010]</font></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Reality Series, &nbsp;)" ``` The above should really be: "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling [Proj # 206010] (Reality Series)"

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