Remove html-tags from any string (es6)

removeTagsFromString.js

/**
 *
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
export default function(string) {
    const REG = /(<([/\w]+)>)/gi;

    if (REG.test(string)) {
        string = string.replace(REG, "");
    }


    const REG2 = /\<span\>/gi;

    if (REG2.test(string)) {
        string = string.replace(REG2, "");
    }

    const REG3 = /\<\/span\>/gi;

    if (REG3.test(string)) {
        string = string.replace(REG3, "");
    }

    return string;
}