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HTML Beautifier

Format messy HTML, fix indentation, clean whitespace, minify output, inspect tag structure, and preview the result live in your browser. Paste raw markup or upload an HTML file and beautify it instantly with zero uploads.

Fast HTML Formatter + Cleaner

Clean ugly markup, make nested tags readable, normalize spacing, inspect the document outline, preview the rendered result, and export polished HTML with a compact professional interface built for developers.

✨ Beautify HTML 🧹 Clean Whitespace 🗜 Minify 🌳 DOM Tree 🖥 Live Preview 🔒 Browser Only
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Drop your HTML here

Paste HTML, upload a .html file, or drop markup text here to format and preview instantly.

📄 .html / .htm · ⚡ instant format · 🌳 structure stats · 🖥 live preview · 🔒 no upload

Beautifier Controls

Choose indentation, tag casing, preserve comments, search, and formatting actions.

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Input & Formatted Output

Write or paste raw HTML on the left, then inspect the beautified result on the right.

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Formatted Output

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HTML Structure Tree

Expand tags and inspect nested structure quickly after formatting or cleaning.

Formatted HTML structure will appear here as an expandable tree.

Best practice

Beautify when debugging layout or inspecting nested components. Use clean mode to normalize whitespace and remove comments when needed. Use minify mode for production snippets or compact exports.

Live preview renders your current output in a sandboxed iframe. Scripts are stripped from preview for safety inside this tool.

Live Preview

Preview the cleaned HTML instantly after beautifying, cleaning, or minifying.

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Preview will appear here after formatting valid HTML.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Ctrl + Enter beautify HTML
  • Ctrl + M minify HTML
  • Ctrl + L clean markup
  • Tab inserts 2 spaces in editor

What this tool does

It parses your HTML in the browser, formats nested tags cleanly, normalizes whitespace, optionally removes comments, counts structural stats, shows an expandable DOM outline, and lets you preview and download the cleaned result without sending anything to a server.

Readable markup with structural preview

Format, minify, or clean HTML while preserving semantics, whitespace-sensitive content, and safe output

HTML formatting helps people inspect nesting and attributes, but a browser parser can repair malformed markup in ways that hide the original mistake. Choose indentation, tag casing, attribute handling, comments, void-tag style, and cleanup deliberately, then validate the structure and preview trusted output before replacing source markup.

Parsing

A formatted document may reflect browser repair rather than the author's original tree

Missing closing tags, invalid nesting, duplicate attributes, and stray table elements can be corrected or moved by an HTML parser. Compare the formatted tree with the intended semantics and run a standards validator. A clean indentation pattern does not prove that labels, landmarks, headings, forms, or interactive elements are valid.

Whitespace

Whitespace is insignificant in many places and meaningful in others

Text nodes, inline elements, pre, textarea, code samples, emails, templates, and script or style content can depend on spaces and line breaks. Minifying or cleaning may also remove comments used by build tools or conditional systems. Review rendered text and generated output around every whitespace-sensitive region.

Preview safety

Rendered previews must be treated as active markup, not plain text

Only preview HTML you trust, and keep sanitization enabled where offered. Scripts, event-handler attributes, embedded frames, forms, and dangerous URLs can execute or transmit data in a permissive preview. Formatting is not sanitization and should never be used as an XSS defense.

Practical review

HTML formatting review

Validate both the DOM structure and the visible result before adopting the output.

  • Check document landmarks, heading order, labels, buttons, links, and image alternatives.
  • Inspect parser repairs, invalid nesting, duplicate attributes, and void elements.
  • Compare text spacing in inline content, pre, code, textarea, script, and style blocks.
  • Preview only trusted or sanitized markup and test keyboard behavior.
  • Run an HTML validator and project tests after formatting or cleanup.

Technical references: MDN HTML reference

HTML formatting questions

Parser repair, minification, whitespace, tag casing, cleanup, and preview safety

Can beautifying HTML fix invalid markup?

It can make nesting easier to see and a parser may repair some errors, but that repair may not match the intended document. Use a validator and inspect semantics.

Will minifying HTML change visible spaces?

It can around inline text and in whitespace-sensitive elements or templates. Compare rendered content and source around code, preformatted text, and mixed inline elements.

Should HTML tags be uppercase or lowercase?

HTML tag names are case-insensitive in ordinary HTML syntax, but lowercase is the common convention and avoids confusion with XHTML or XML, where case matters.

What does Clean Markup do?

It applies the tool's supported normalization rules beyond simple indentation. Review the resulting attributes, comments, and structure because cleanup cannot infer project-specific intent.

Is a formatted HTML preview safe for untrusted code?

No. Formatting does not remove scripts, event handlers, forms, frames, or dangerous URLs. Use a proven sanitizer and an isolated security design for untrusted markup.

Does HTML minification improve page speed?

It can reduce transfer bytes, especially without compression, but images, scripts, CSS, caching, and rendering work often matter more. Measure the complete page.