HTML to Markdown converter

How it works

1. 1

   Paste HTML or drop files

   Paste a snippet or a whole page's source, or drop up to twenty .html or .htm files at once, each up to 10MB.

2. 2

   Your browser converts it

   Scripts, styles and comments are dropped. Headings, paragraphs, links, lists, tables, code blocks and images become their Markdown equivalents.

3. 3

   Copy or download the .md

   Preview the Markdown, copy it to your clipboard, or save a .md file for each HTML file. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

What the converter keeps and drops

HTML mixes content with everything needed to display it: class names, inline styles, scripts, tracking tags and comments. Markdown keeps only the content and its basic structure. This converter removes scripts, styles and comments, then turns each remaining element into its plain-text Markdown form, so a heading stays a heading, a table stays a table and a link keeps its address.

What's left is ordinary Markdown that opens in any text editor, Obsidian, Notion, GitHub or a docs site, and pastes cleanly into a chat.

Things to check after converting

Markdown has no layout, so columns, colors and positioning are left out. Tables with merged cells, nested tables or no header row don't fit Markdown's simple grid and may need tidying by hand. Embedded videos, forms and buttons have no Markdown form. On a full web page, navigation and footer text comes through along with the article, so skim the top and bottom of the result and trim what you don't want.

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For documents that start as PDFs, use PDF to Markdown. The token counter tells you whether the Markdown fits a model's context window, and the text splitter breaks a long result into parts. If you'd rather have one file cleaned and chunked into text for an AI tool, try the free knowledge base builder.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert HTML to Markdown?

Paste the HTML into the box on this page and the Markdown appears below it as you type. To convert saved pages, drop the .html files instead. Each result has a Copy button and a Download .md button. There is nothing to install and no account.

Which HTML elements are converted?

Headings become # to ######, paragraphs are separated by blank lines, links become [text](url), images become , bold and italic become ** and *, and ordered and unordered lists become 1. and - items. Tables with a header row become GitHub-style Markdown tables (tables without one are kept as HTML), strikethrough becomes ~~text~~, <pre> blocks become fenced code blocks, and <br> becomes a line break. Script, style, noscript and template tags and HTML comments are removed.

Can I convert a whole web page?

Yes. Save the page from your browser (File, then Save Page As, choosing HTML only) and drop the .html file here, or open View Page Source and paste it in. If the page is a full document, only the <body> is converted. Menus, sidebars and footers in the page are part of the body, so they are converted too; delete any you don't need from the Markdown.

Is my HTML uploaded anywhere?

No. The conversion runs inside your browser tab and the .md file is created on your device. The page loads the converter code the first time you use it, but your HTML is never sent to our servers or anyone else's.

Why convert HTML to Markdown for ChatGPT or Claude?

Markdown keeps the parts of a page that carry meaning, such as headings, lists, links and tables, without the tags, attributes and scripts around them. The result is usually much shorter than the HTML, so more of your content fits in a message or a knowledge file. Check its size with the token counter before you paste it in.

What happens to relative links and images?

Links and image paths are copied exactly as they appear in the HTML. A relative link such as /pricing stays relative, so if the Markdown will live somewhere else, replace those with full URLs. Images are written as Markdown image links pointing at the original source; the image files themselves are not downloaded.

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