hugo/docs/content/en/functions/plainify.md

---
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/
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			`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:`
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			`aliases: []`
			`---`

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

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

			`[pagevars]: /variables/page/`