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.NET: Strip/Remove HTML SCRIPT Tags from Text Using Regex

How to remove the SCRIPT tag and its containing code from HTML text using C# and regular expressions.

See related: Find Keywords in Text and strip all HTML tags from text

It is very easy to remove all SCRIPT tags in HTML text using Regex.Replace().

Do this is JavaScript, client-side (in the browser).


using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			var html = @"
<p>This is a test</p>

<script type='text/javascript'>
	document.write(123);
</script>

<p>The script tag should have been removed!</p>
";

			Console.Write(Regex.Replace(html, @"<script\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/script>)<[^<]*)*<\/script>", string.Empty, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
		}
	}
}


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