public static String stripHtml(String content) { // <p> paragraphs are replaced with newlines content = content.replaceAll("<p .*?>", "\r\n"); // <br><br/> is replaced with a newline content = content.replaceAll("<br\\s*/?>", "\r\n"); // remove everything between other <> content = content.replaceAll("\\<.*?>", ""); // restore HTML // content = HTMLDecoder.decode(content); return content; }