# Regular expression for remove anchor tag

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regular-expression-for-remove-anchor-tag/233184>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regular-expression-for-remove-anchor-tag/233184 "2007-07-20T21:49:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regular-expression-for-remove-anchor-tag/233184/1 "2007-07-20T21:49:33Z")

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I need a javascript function to do the conversion below. I believe it needs to be a regular expression.

I need to convert

```auto

<a href="http://aaa.com">http://aaa.com</a>

```

to

[http://aaa.com](http://aaa.com)