diff --git a/src/dom/parse.js b/src/dom/parse.js
index b14acc6..b23493a 100644
--- a/src/dom/parse.js
+++ b/src/dom/parse.js
@@ -80,10 +80,15 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     var context       = config.context || elementOrHtml.ownerDocument || document,
         fragment      = context.createDocumentFragment(),
         isString      = typeof(elementOrHtml) === "string",
+        clearInternals = false,
         element,
         newNode,
         firstChild;
 
+    if (config.clearInternals === true) {
+      clearInternals = true;
+    }
+
     if (config.uneditableClass) {
       uneditableClass = config.uneditableClass;
     }
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
 
     while (element.firstChild) {
       firstChild = element.firstChild;
-      newNode = _convert(firstChild, config.cleanUp);
+      newNode = _convert(firstChild, config.cleanUp, clearInternals);
       if (newNode) {
         fragment.appendChild(newNode);
       }
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     return isString ? wysihtml5.quirks.getCorrectInnerHTML(element) : element;
   }
 
-  function _convert(oldNode, cleanUp) {
+  function _convert(oldNode, cleanUp, clearInternals) {
     var oldNodeType     = oldNode.nodeType,
         oldChilds       = oldNode.childNodes,
         oldChildsLength = oldChilds.length,
@@ -124,12 +129,14 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
         newNode,
         newChild;
 
+    // Passes directly elemets with uneditable class
     if (uneditableClass && oldNodeType === 1 && wysihtml5.dom.hasClass(oldNode, uneditableClass)) {
         return oldNode;
     }
 
-    newNode = method && method(oldNode);
+    newNode = method && method(oldNode, clearInternals);
 
+    // Remove or unwrap node in case of return value null or false
     if (!newNode) {
         if (newNode === false) {
             // false defines that tag should be removed but contents should remain (unwrap)
@@ -137,7 +144,7 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
 
             for (i = oldChildsLength; i--;) {
               if (oldChilds[i]) {
-                newChild = _convert(oldChilds[i], cleanUp);
+                newChild = _convert(oldChilds[i], cleanUp, clearInternals);
                 if (newChild) {
                   if (oldChilds[i] === newChild) {
                     i--;
@@ -167,13 +174,15 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
             }
             return fragment;
         } else {
-            return null;
+          // Remove
+          return null;
         }
     }
 
+    // Converts all childnodes
     for (i=0; i<oldChildsLength; i++) {
       if (oldChilds[i]) {
-        newChild = _convert(oldChilds[i], cleanUp);
+        newChild = _convert(oldChilds[i], cleanUp, clearInternals);
         if (newChild) {
           if (oldChilds[i] === newChild) {
             i--;
@@ -187,7 +196,7 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     if (cleanUp &&
         newNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() === DEFAULT_NODE_NAME &&
         (!newNode.childNodes.length ||
-         ((/^\s*$/gi).test(newNode.innerHTML) && oldNode.className !== "_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder" && oldNode.className !== "rangySelectionBoundary") ||
+         ((/^\s*$/gi).test(newNode.innerHTML) && (clearInternals || (oldNode.className !== "_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder" && oldNode.className !== "rangySelectionBoundary"))) ||
          !newNode.attributes.length)
         ) {
       fragment = newNode.ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     return newNode;
   }
 
-  function _handleElement(oldNode) {
+  function _handleElement(oldNode, clearInternals) {
     var rule,
         newNode,
         tagRules    = currentRules.tags,
@@ -264,10 +273,10 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     }
 
     newNode = oldNode.ownerDocument.createElement(rule.rename_tag || nodeName);
-    _handleAttributes(oldNode, newNode, rule);
+    _handleAttributes(oldNode, newNode, rule, clearInternals);
     _handleStyles(oldNode, newNode, rule);
     // tests if type condition is met or node should be removed/unwrapped
-    if (rule.one_of_type && !_testTypes(oldNode, currentRules, rule.one_of_type)) {
+    if (rule.one_of_type && !_testTypes(oldNode, currentRules, rule.one_of_type, clearInternals)) {
       return (rule.remove_action && rule.remove_action == "unwrap") ? false : null;
     }
 
@@ -277,11 +286,11 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     return newNode;
   }
 
-  function _testTypes(oldNode, rules, types) {
+  function _testTypes(oldNode, rules, types, clearInternals) {
     var definition, type;
 
     // do not interfere with placeholder span or pasting caret position is not maintained
-    if (oldNode.nodeName === "SPAN" && (oldNode.className === "_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder" || oldNode.className === "rangySelectionBoundary")) {
+    if (oldNode.nodeName === "SPAN" && !clearInternals && (oldNode.className === "_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder" || oldNode.className === "rangySelectionBoundary")) {
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -391,7 +400,8 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
     }
   }
 
-  function _handleAttributes(oldNode, newNode, rule) {
+  // TODO: refactor. Too long to read
+  function _handleAttributes(oldNode, newNode, rule, clearInternals) {
     var attributes          = {},                         // fresh new set of attributes to set on newNode
         setClass            = rule.set_class,             // classes to set
         addClass            = rule.add_class,             // add classes based on existing attributes
@@ -468,8 +478,11 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
       attributes["class"] = oldNode.getAttribute("class");
     } else {
       // make sure that wysihtml5 temp class doesn't get stripped out
-      allowedClasses["_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder"] = 1;
-      allowedClasses["_rangySelectionBoundary"] = 1;
+      if (!clearInternals) {
+        allowedClasses["_wysihtml5-temp-placeholder"] = 1;
+        allowedClasses["_rangySelectionBoundary"] = 1;
+        allowedClasses["wysiwyg-tmp-selected-cell"] = 1;
+      }
 
       // add old classes last
       oldClasses = oldNode.getAttribute("class");
@@ -489,6 +502,14 @@ wysihtml5.dom.parse = (function() {
       }
     }
 
+    // remove table selection class if present
+    if (attributes["class"] && clearInternals) {
+      attributes["class"] = attributes["class"].replace("wysiwyg-tmp-selected-cell", "");
+      if ((/^\s*$/g).test(attributes["class"])) {
+        delete attributes.class;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (styles.length) {
       attributes["style"] = wysihtml5.lang.array(styles).unique().join(" ");
     }
diff --git a/src/editor.js b/src/editor.js
index 0269011..73eacb6 100644
--- a/src/editor.js
+++ b/src/editor.js
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
       return this;
     },
 
-    getValue: function(parse) {
-      return this.currentView.getValue(parse);
+    getValue: function(parse, clearInternals) {
+      return this.currentView.getValue(parse, clearInternals);
     },
 
     setValue: function(html, parse) {
@@ -176,13 +176,14 @@
       return this.currentView.hasPlaceholderSet();
     },
 
-    parse: function(htmlOrElement) {
-      var parseContext = (this.config.contentEditableMode) ? document : this.composer.sandbox.getDocument();
+    parse: function(htmlOrElement, clearInternals) {
+      var parseContext = (this.config.contentEditableMode) ? document : ((this.composer) ? this.composer.sandbox.getDocument() : null);
       var returnValue = this.config.parser(htmlOrElement, {
         "rules": this.config.parserRules,
         "cleanUp": this.config.cleanUp,
         "context": parseContext,
-        "uneditableClass": this.config.uneditableContainerClassname
+        "uneditableClass": this.config.uneditableContainerClassname,
+        "clearInternals" : clearInternals
       });
       if (typeof(htmlOrElement) === "object") {
         wysihtml5.quirks.redraw(htmlOrElement);
diff --git a/src/undo_manager.js b/src/undo_manager.js
index 80a13ca..939cf1d 100644
--- a/src/undo_manager.js
+++ b/src/undo_manager.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
     transact: function() {
       var previousHtml      = this.historyStr[this.position - 1],
-          currentHtml       = this.composer.getValue();
+          currentHtml       = this.composer.getValue(false, false);
 
       if (currentHtml === previousHtml) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/views/composer.js b/src/views/composer.js
index a125cff..0cb4af3 100644
--- a/src/views/composer.js
+++ b/src/views/composer.js
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@
       this.element.innerHTML = browser.displaysCaretInEmptyContentEditableCorrectly() ? "" : this.CARET_HACK;
     },
 
-    getValue: function(parse) {
+    getValue: function(parse, clearInternals) {
       var value = this.isEmpty() ? "" : wysihtml5.quirks.getCorrectInnerHTML(this.element);
-
-      if (parse) {
-        value = this.parent.parse(value);
+      if (parse !== false) {
+        value = this.parent.parse(value, (clearInternals === false) ? false : true);
       }
 
       return value;
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@
       this.element            = (this.config.contentEditableMode) ? this.sandbox.getContentEditable() : this.doc.body;
       if (!this.config.noTextarea) {
           this.textarea           = this.parent.textarea;
-          this.element.innerHTML  = this.textarea.getValue(true);
+          this.element.innerHTML  = this.textarea.getValue(true, false);
       } else {
           this.cleanUp(); // cleans contenteditable on initiation as it may contain html
       }
diff --git a/src/views/composer.observe.js b/src/views/composer.observe.js
index fef1825..5e4c4d1 100644
--- a/src/views/composer.observe.js
+++ b/src/views/composer.observe.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
   wysihtml5.views.Composer.prototype.observe = function() {
     var that                = this,
-        state               = this.getValue(),
+        state               = this.getValue(false, false),
         container           = (this.sandbox.getIframe) ? this.sandbox.getIframe() : this.sandbox.getContentEditable(),
         element             = this.element,
         focusBlurElement    = (browser.supportsEventsInIframeCorrectly() || this.sandbox.getContentEditable) ? element : this.sandbox.getWindow(),
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@
 
       // Delay storing of state until all focus handler are fired
       // especially the one which resets the placeholder
-      setTimeout(function() { state = that.getValue(); }, 0);
+      setTimeout(function() { state = that.getValue(false, false); }, 0);
     });
 
     dom.observe(focusBlurElement, "blur", function() {
-      if (state !== that.getValue()) {
+      if (state !== that.getValue(false, false)) {
         that.parent.fire("change").fire("change:composer");
       }
       that.parent.fire("blur").fire("blur:composer");
diff --git a/src/views/synchronizer.js b/src/views/synchronizer.js
index b78b669..d8d86f0 100644
--- a/src/views/synchronizer.js
+++ b/src/views/synchronizer.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
      * @param {Boolean} shouldParseHtml Whether the html should be sanitized before inserting it into the textarea
      */
     fromComposerToTextarea: function(shouldParseHtml) {
-      this.textarea.setValue(wysihtml5.lang.string(this.composer.getValue()).trim(), shouldParseHtml);
+      this.textarea.setValue(wysihtml5.lang.string(this.composer.getValue(false, false)).trim(), shouldParseHtml);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
      * @param {Boolean} shouldParseHtml Whether the html should be sanitized before inserting it into the composer
      */
     fromTextareaToComposer: function(shouldParseHtml) {
-      var textareaValue = this.textarea.getValue();
+      var textareaValue = this.textarea.getValue(false, false);
       if (textareaValue) {
         this.composer.setValue(textareaValue, shouldParseHtml);
       } else {
diff --git a/src/views/textarea.js b/src/views/textarea.js
index 1753298..053ad4a 100644
--- a/src/views/textarea.js
+++ b/src/views/textarea.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ wysihtml5.views.Textarea = wysihtml5.views.View.extend(
 
   getValue: function(parse) {
     var value = this.isEmpty() ? "" : this.element.value;
-    if (parse) {
+    if (parse !== false) {
       value = this.parent.parse(value);
     }
     return value;
diff --git a/test/editor_contenteditablemode_test.js b/test/editor_contenteditablemode_test.js
index 747f3b3..47b6c3b 100644
--- a/test/editor_contenteditablemode_test.js
+++ b/test/editor_contenteditablemode_test.js
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       equal(composerElement.innerHTML.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly set after calling 'setValue'");
       ok(!editor.isEmpty(), "'isEmpty' returns correct value when the composer element isn't actually empty");
       
-      var value = editor.getValue();
-      equal(value.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly returned after calling 'getValue'");
+      var value = editor.getValue(false, false);
+      equal(value.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly returned after calling 'getValue(false, false)'");
       
       editor.clear();
       value = editor.getValue();
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       equal(editor.config.parserRules, parserRules, "Parser rules correctly set on config object");
       // Invoke parsing via second parameter of setValue()
       editor.setValue(input, true);
-      equal(editor.getValue().toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false).toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
       start();
     });
   });
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       
       // Invoke parsing via second parameter of setValue()
       editor.setValue(input, true);
-      equal(editor.getValue().toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false).toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
       start();
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/editor_test.js b/test/editor_test.js
index b379692..c6008e1 100644
--- a/test/editor_test.js
+++ b/test/editor_test.js
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       equal(composerElement.innerHTML.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly set after calling 'setValue'");
       ok(!editor.isEmpty(), "'isEmpty' returns correct value when the composer element isn't actually empty");
       
-      var value = editor.getValue();
-      equal(value.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly returned after calling 'getValue'");
+      var value = editor.getValue(false, false);
+      equal(value.toLowerCase(), html, "Editor content correctly returned after calling 'getValue(false, false)'");
       
       editor.clear();
       value = editor.getValue();
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       equal(editor.config.parserRules, parserRules, "Parser rules correctly set on config object");
       // Invoke parsing via second parameter of setValue()
       editor.setValue(input, true);
-      equal(editor.getValue().toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false).toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
       start();
     });
   });
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
         parserRules = { script: undefined },
         input       = this.textareaElement.value,
         output      = input;
-    
     var editor = new wysihtml5.Editor(this.textareaElement, {
       parserRules: parserRules,
       parser:      function(html, config) {
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supported()) {
       
       // Invoke parsing via second parameter of setValue()
       editor.setValue(input, true);
-      equal(editor.getValue().toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false).toLowerCase(), output, "HTML got correctly parsed within setValue()");
       
       start();
     });
diff --git a/test/undo_manager_test.js b/test/undo_manager_test.js
index a7ab075..82314c3 100644
--- a/test/undo_manager_test.js
+++ b/test/undo_manager_test.js
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supportsCommand(document, "insertHTML")) {
       editor.setValue("1 2 3 4 5");
 
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1 2 3 4");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1 2 3 4");
       that.triggerRedo(editor);
       that.triggerRedo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1 2 3 4 5");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1 2 3 4 5");
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1 2 3");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1 2 3");
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1");
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1");
       
       start();
     });
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ if (wysihtml5.browser.supportsCommand(document, "insertHTML")) {
       editor.setValue("<i><b>1</b></i>").fire("beforecommand:composer");
       
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "<b>1</b>");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "<b>1</b>");
       that.triggerRedo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "<i><b>1</b></i>");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "<i><b>1</b></i>");
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
       that.triggerUndo(editor);
-      equal(editor.getValue(), "1");
+      equal(editor.getValue(false, false), "1");
       
       start();
     });