HTML to Markdown Converter
Paste HTML and get clean, portable Markdown back instantly. Ideal for migrating web content into docs, READMEs, or any Markdown-based CMS — with all the styling noise stripped away.
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Copying content out of a web page usually drags along nested divs, inline styles, and class soup. This converter reduces HTML to the underlying structure — headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, code, and tables — and emits tidy Markdown you can paste anywhere.
Great for migrations and documentation
Moving a blog to a static-site generator, turning a help-center article into a README, or archiving a page as plain text all start with the same step: getting clean Markdown out of HTML. This tool does that in one paste, preserving the meaningful structure and dropping the presentational cruft.
Runs locally
Conversion happens in your browser. No HTML is sent to a server, so it's safe for internal pages, gated content, and unpublished drafts.
Frequently asked questions
Does it handle messy, real-world HTML?
Yes. It parses the document and keeps the structural elements (headings, lists, links, images, code, tables) while discarding wrapper divs, inline styles, and scripts.
Will my formatting be preserved?
Semantic formatting — bold, italics, headings, lists, blockquotes, code, and links — is preserved. Purely visual styling (colors, fonts, spacing) is intentionally dropped, since Markdown describes structure, not presentation.
Is it private?
Yes. Everything runs in your browser; your HTML is never uploaded or stored.
Is there a limit on input size?
There's no hard limit, though very large documents convert fastest when pasted in sections.
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