Get plain text from HTML in .NET

Question

What is the best way to get a plain text string from an HTML string?

public string GetPlainText(string htmlString)
{
    // any .NET built in utility?
}
         


        

Answer 1

There isn't .NET built in method to do it. But, like pointed by @rudi_visser, it can be done with Regular Expressions.

If you need to remove more than just the tags (i.e., turn â to â), you can use a more elaborated solution, like found here.