diff --git a/docs/query-builder.md b/docs/query-builder.md
index 9a9c91e..3f66640 100644
--- a/docs/query-builder.md
+++ b/docs/query-builder.md
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ The `label`, which gets specified after **AS**, denotes the name of the column t
 | `node:{node}:{data}`               | Specify one of the metadata `{data}` options or an `{attribute}` to return for an intermediary node. | [Link](examples.md#data)                |
 | `node:{node}:/regular_expression/` | Returns a match according to a regular expression between `/`'s.                                     | [Link](examples.md#regular-expression)  |
 | `node`                             | Use the label to edit the column header of the first column                                          | [Link](examples.md#first-column-header) |
+| `text({node})`                     | Returns plain text for a node by stripping page refs, tags, and button markup.                      | N/A                                     |
 | `add({label1}, {label2})`          | Add the values of two columns. Supports adding values to dates.                                      | [Link](examples.md#add-or-subtract)     |
 | `subtract({label1}, {label2})`     | Subtract the values betweenn two columns. Supports adding values to dates.                           | [Link](examples.md#add-or-subtract)     |
 
diff --git a/src/utils/predefinedSelections.ts b/src/utils/predefinedSelections.ts
index 719e9ff..4ed4c94 100644
--- a/src/utils/predefinedSelections.ts
+++ b/src/utils/predefinedSelections.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { IconNames } from "@blueprintjs/icons";
 import parseQuery from "./parseQuery";
 import toCellValue from "./toCellValue";
 import createBlock from "roamjs-components/writes/createBlock";
+import toTextOnlyValue from "./toTextOnlyValue";
 
 const ALIAS_TEST = /^node$/i;
 const REGEX_TEST = /\/([^}]*)\//;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const CREATE_BY_TEST = /^\s*(author|create(d)?\s*by)\s*$/i;
 const EDIT_BY_TEST = /^\s*(last\s*)?edit(ed)?\s*by\s*$/i;
 const SUBTRACT_TEST = /^subtract\(([^,)]+),([^,)]+)\)$/i;
 const ADD_TEST = /^add\(([^,)]+),([^,)]+)\)$/i;
+const TEXT_ONLY_TEST = /^text\(\s*([^)]+?)\s*\)$/i;
 const NODE_TEST = /^node:(\s*[^:]+\s*)(:.*)?$/i;
 const ACTION_TEST = /^action:\s*([^:]+)\s*(?::(.*))?$/i;
 const DATE_FORMAT_TEST = /^date-format\(([^,)]+),([^,)]+)\)$/i;
@@ -216,6 +218,9 @@ const EDIT_DATE_SUGGESTIONS: SelectionSuggestion[] = [
 ];
 const CREATE_BY_SUGGESTIONS: SelectionSuggestion[] = [{ text: "created by" }];
 const EDIT_BY_SUGGESTIONS: SelectionSuggestion[] = [{ text: "edited by" }];
+const TEXT_ONLY_SUGGESTIONS: SelectionSuggestion[] = [
+  { text: "text({{node}})" },
+];
 // TOO SLOW
 // const ATTR_SUGGESTIONS: SelectionSuggestion[] = (
 //   window.roamAlphaAPI.data.fast.q(
@@ -402,6 +407,26 @@ const predefinedSelections: PredefinedSelection[] = [
     },
     suggestions: [{ text: "node" }],
   },
+  {
+    test: TEXT_ONLY_TEST,
+    pull: ({ match, where }) => {
+      const node = (match?.[1] || "").trim().replace(/^\?/, "");
+      return node && isVariableExposed(where, node)
+        ? `(pull ?${node} [:block/string :node/title :block/uid])`
+        : "";
+    },
+    mapper: (r) => {
+      const uid = r?.[":block/uid"] || "";
+      return {
+        "": toTextOnlyValue({
+          value: r?.[":node/title"] || r?.[":block/string"] || "",
+          uid,
+        }),
+        "-uid": uid,
+      };
+    },
+    suggestions: TEXT_ONLY_SUGGESTIONS,
+  },
   {
     test: SUBTRACT_TEST,
     pull: ({ returnNode }) => `(pull ?${returnNode} [:db/id])`,
diff --git a/src/utils/toTextOnlyValue.ts b/src/utils/toTextOnlyValue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42884df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/toTextOnlyValue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import toCellValue from "./toCellValue";
+
+const BUTTON_MARKUP_REGEX = /\{\{([^{}]*)\}\}/g;
+const BUTTON_PREFIX_REGEX = /^\s*(?:\[\[)?button(?:\]\])?\s*:/i;
+
+const stripButtonMarkup = (value: string): string => {
+  let output = value;
+  let previous = "";
+  while (output !== previous) {
+    previous = output;
+    output = output.replace(BUTTON_MARKUP_REGEX, (_, inner: string) =>
+      inner.replace(BUTTON_PREFIX_REGEX, "").trim()
+    );
+  }
+  return output;
+};
+
+const toTextOnlyValue = ({
+  value,
+  uid,
+  defaultValue = "",
+}: {
+  value: number | Date | string;
+  uid: string;
+  defaultValue?: string;
+}) => stripButtonMarkup(toCellValue({ value, uid, defaultValue }));
+
+export default toTextOnlyValue;