We have a `mytheme.theme` file that has a `mytheme_preprocess_node(&$variables)` function. Within this preprocess hook, we would like to remove all HTML tags within a formatted (long) field. The goal is to do without using `striptags` within the `node--page.html.twig` template. **How can we do this securely without using `striptags` in a `twig` template?** Here is what we tried, but cannot find how to do it using `mytheme_preprocess_node` hook. `mytheme.theme` function mytheme_preprocess_node(&$variables) { $node = $variables['node']; $field_value = $node->get('body')->first()->getValue()['value']; ksm($field_value); // cannot find way to remove `html` tags $variables['field_value'] = $field_value; } node--page.html.twig {{ field_value }} output of `ksm($field_value)` "& lt;p & gt;When looking at & lt;a href="https://www.example.com/some-path/"& gt;article trends& lt;/a& gt; over time, attacks are cyclical in nature. Attackers develop new attack types and vectors, which are used to launch a new wave of attacks. As defenders become more proficient in stopping these new attacks, the attackers develop new types of attacks and the cycle repeats itself.</p& gt; In order to properly display the output, I had to a space between `&` and `lt` characters above because StackExchange will convert those to proper tags. Within the `ksm` statement there is no space.