Extract Text from BBCode

How to Use This BBCode Text Extractor

1. Paste your BBCode - Insert any BBCode content (e.g., forum posts, tagged text)
2. Choose your options:
   • Remove empty lines: Delete blank lines from the extracted text
   • Preserve line breaks: Keep original line breaks (don't merge all text into one line)
   • Strip extra spaces: Remove unnecessary spaces (e.g., multiple spaces between words)
3. Click "Extract Plain Text" - Instantly remove all BBCode tags
4. Copy or download - Save your clean text (use the "Download Text" button for TXT files)

Common Use Cases

• Extract clean text from BBCode-formatted forum posts (e.g., phpBB, vBulletin)
• Remove tags from BBCode documents (e.g., [b], [i], [url], [quote] tags)
• Clean up text from message boards or old BBCode-based content
• Prepare BBCode content for editing in plain text editors
• Extract readable text from BBCode-encoded emails or notes

Example Transformation

[b]Welcome to Our Forum![/b]
[i]This is a BBCode example:[/i]
[url=https://example.com]Visit Our Site[/url]
[quote]User said: "BBCode is useful!"[/quote]
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Welcome to Our Forum!
This is a BBCode example:
Visit Our Site
User said: "BBCode is useful!"

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3