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Get Rid of Extra HTML Tags(e.g P Tags Etc) from the Rich Text Editor while Saving

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Method 1: Override and disable the filters as needed Step 1: Update the following config setting: <settings xmlns:patch=”http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/”> <setting name=”HtmlEditor.DefaultConfigurationType“> <patch:attribute name=”value”>YourProject.Custom.Controls.CustomRichTextEditor, YourProjectDLLName </patch:attribute> </setting> </settings>   Step 2: Override Sitecore.Shell.Controls.RichTextEditor.EditorConfiguration as below: using Sitecore.Data.Items; using Telerik.Web.UI; namespace YourProject.Custom.Controls { public class CustomRichTextEditor : Sitecore.Shell.Controls.RichTextEditor.EditorConfiguration { public CustomRichTextEditor(Item profile) : base(profile) { }   protected override void SetupEditor() { base.SetupEditor(); Editor.DisableFilter(EditorFilters.ConvertToXhtml); Editor.EnableFilter(EditorFilters.IndentHTMLContent); Editor.StripFormattingOptions = EditorStripFormattingOptions.MSWordRemoveAll | EditorStripFormattingOptions.ConvertWordLists | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Css | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Font | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Span; Editor.NewLineMode = EditorNewLineModes.Br; } } }   Method 2: Override and remove the tags as needed Step 1: Update the following config setting: <settings xmlns:patch=”http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/”> <setting name=”HtmlEditor.DefaultConfigurationType“> <patch:attribute name=”value”>YourProject.Custom.Pipelines.ProcessRichTextInParagraphOnRender, YourProjectDLLName </patch:attribute> </setting> </settings> Step 2: Override Sitecore.Shell.Controls.RichTextEditor.EditorConfiguration as below:   namespace YourProject.Custom.Pipelines { public class ProcessRichTextInParagraphOnSave { public void Process(SaveRichTextContentArgs args) { if ((args.Content.Trim().StartsWith(“<p>”) && args.Content.Trim().EndsWith(“</p>”))) args.Content = string result = Regex.Replace(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(args.Content), @”</?p\b.*?>”, String.Empty,RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); } } } A list of filters are listed in Telerik’s documentation – http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/editor/managing-content/content-filters