using System;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        //Your html input

        string htmlsource = "<b>Sample Code!</b><br /><i>this text! </i>";

        //Regex to remove the html tags

        string htmltagsremoved =   Regex.Replace(htmlsource, "<[^>]*>", string.Empty);

​

        Console.WriteLine(htmltagsremoved);

    }

}