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RegEx replacement in NotePad++

I need to replace many different lines in a html file where lines look like this:

<span lang="en-ca">random string</span>

with just

random string

For example

my<span lang="en-ca"> dog</span> likes<span lang="en-ca"> ice cream</span>.

would be updated to be

my dog likes ice cream.

I’ve found I can use

<span lang="en-ca">.*</span>

to match the general pattern in the find parameter, but not what to use in the replace parameter.

If this can this be done, how so?

Note: I can’t simply replace all the

<span lang="en-ca">

and

</span>

separately, as not every

</span>

is paired with a

<span lang="en-ca">