Extract text from simple XML
Input
<note><title>Hello</title><body>World</body></note>
Output
Hello World
Keeps the content values and removes the XML tags.
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Use this tool to extract readable text from XML by removing tags and keeping the content values. It is useful for inspecting XML feeds, cleaning exported data, reviewing markup-heavy payloads, and turning XML documents into plain text for reading, indexing, or reuse.
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Input
<note><title>Hello</title><body>World</body></note>
Output
Hello World
Keeps the content values and removes the XML tags.
Input
<items><item>One</item><item>Two</item></items>
Output
One Two
Useful when you want readable text from a simple XML list.
Fix: Make sure the XML is well formed before extracting text.
Fix: This tool is focused mainly on text content, not attribute metadata.
Fix: Use an XML formatter or other converter when structure still matters.
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