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Plain Text Email Generator
Generate the plain text alternative for an HTML email, with links written out, structure preserved, and line length set for older clients.
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to a server.
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Plain Text Email Generator
Frontend preview — no upload or external service.
Plain text output
Headings converted to underlined lines, buttons written as "Read the guide: https://example.com/guide", wrapped at 72 characters with a numbered link list.
How the Plain Text Email Generator works
- Paste the HTML version of the email.
- Choose how links appear — inline URLs read naturally, a numbered list keeps the prose clean.
- Check the result reads as a message rather than a transcript of a layout.
FAQ
Does anyone still read plain text emails?
Some do by preference, some clients render it by default, and screen reader users often prefer it. It also affects deliverability: a multipart message with a real text alternative looks less like bulk mail than an HTML-only one.
Why 72 characters?
It is the traditional width that survives quoting and older clients without ragged wrapping. Modern clients reflow, but 72 is still the safe default for a message that may be replied to and quoted.
Can I just strip the tags?
You can, and it produces something unreadable — buttons become bare words with no destination, and layout tables become disconnected fragments. Links have to be written out to survive.
How we compare
| Feature | Online Tool Store | Writing it by hand | A paid template pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Links written out | ✓ | Lost | Yes |
| Structure preserved | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No email platform needed | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Content stays local | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Plain Text Email Generator writes link destinations out, because a stripped-tag conversion turns every button into a word that goes nowhere.