How is this different from Pandoc or Turndown?

Pandoc is a 100 MB native binary; Turndown is a great JS library but ships ~30 KB minified plus its dependencies. We're a single 20 KB component that runs the browser's native DOMParser and walks the tree directly — no extra runtime, no server hop. The trade-off is scope. If you need custom rules, plugin hooks, or GFM extensions like task lists and strikethrough sourced from arbitrary class names, use Turndown.

Why does my pasted Word doc not convert cleanly?

Microsoft Word / Google Docs paste HTML with hundreds of inline styles, MSO-specific tags, and wrapper divs that have no semantic meaning. We strip them, which is usually what you want, but some structure (e.g. Word's ` ` paragraphs or list numbering encoded as `mso-list` styles) is lost. For Word specifically, paste into a plain HTML editor first, or save the doc as `.html` from Word and clean it up before pasting.

Does it handle nested lists and tables?

Yes. Lists nest by indenting two spaces per level — `- a\n - b\n - c`. Tables use pipe syntax with a header separator row. Cells with embedded HTML (links, bold) are converted inline; cells with block content (lists inside a cell) fall back to escaped text because pipe tables can't represent them.

What happens to inline styles and custom CSS?

They are dropped. Markdown has no concept of `color`, `font-family`, or `text-align`. If preserving visual style matters more than portability, stay in HTML. If you want classes preserved, copy the source and use a templating step instead.

Can I round-trip MD → HTML → MD without loss?

For the supported subset (headings, paragraphs, bold/italic, lists, links, images, code, blockquotes, hr, tables) — yes, the output is stable. Things outside the subset (raw HTML blocks in your original Markdown, footnotes, math) won't survive the round-trip. Use our Markdown to HTML tool for the reverse direction and try it on your own content.

Move a CMS blog post into a Git-based docs repo

Your team migrates 40 articles from WordPress to a Docusaurus site. Copy each post's rendered HTML, paste it here, and get Markdown with headings, links, and code fences intact. The inline-style soup WordPress emits gets dropped, so the .md drops straight into version control with no hand-cleanup.

Turn a scraped web page into a clean note

You grab an article via "View Source" or a scraper and end up with 200 lines of nav divs and tracking spans around the real content. Paste the body HTML and the converter keeps the paragraphs, blockquotes, and the pipe table of specs, giving you a 30-line note you can drop into Obsidian or Notion.

Feed clean Markdown to an LLM prompt

You want to summarize a 3000-word HTML page with an LLM, but raw HTML burns tokens on tags. Convert it first and the same content shrinks 40 to 60 percent because every ` ` becomes a blank line. The model also reads headings and lists more reliably than nested div structure.

Standardize email or rich-text snippets for a changelog

A teammate sends release notes as a rich-text email with bold items and a bulleted list. Paste the copied HTML and you get `**bold**` and `- item` lines you can commit to CHANGELOG.md, so every entry matches the repo's Markdown style instead of carrying font tags and `mso-` styles into the file.

HTML to Markdown — Clean .md Output, In Your Browser

HTML to Markdown — paste rich content, get clean .md with links, code, tables, lists preserved.

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Category Format Converter
Best for Turning pasted content or local files into a handoff-friendly format.

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HTML

Markdown

What this tool does

Free online HTML to Markdown converter. Paste any HTML — a blog post, a copied web page, a chunk of rich text from a CMS — and get back clean, portable Markdown. We walk the parsed DOM and emit Markdown for headings (h1–h6), paragraphs, bold/italic, links, images, ordered & unordered lists (with nesting), blockquotes, inline code, fenced code blocks, horizontal rules, line breaks, and pipe tables. Inline styles and framework cruft are stripped — you get the structure, nothing else. 100% browser-side, no upload, no tracking. Pairs with our Markdown to HTML converter for round-trips.

Tool details

Input: Text + Numbers + Structured content; The page exposes text boxes, numeric controls, file pickers, or structured inputs depending on the tool.
Output: Live result + Copy + Download; The result area focuses on usable output, with copy, download, or preview actions when supported.
Privacy: Browser-side processing; The main tool logic does not call an external API, so inputs normally stay in the current tab.
Save / share: No account required; Open the page and use it; whether results survive refresh depends on the tool.
Performance budget: Initial JS <= 20 KB; No WASM budget is declared, keeping the tool quick to open on mobile.
Best fit: Format Converter · Developer; Category and role tags drive related tools, internal links, and quick fit checks.

How to use

1. Input

Paste or drop your content into the tool panel.
2. Process

Click the button. All processing is local in your browser.
3. Copy / Download

Copy the result or download to disk in one click.

How HTML to Markdown fits into your work

Use it when the main problem is getting content from one practical format into another.

Conversion jobs

Turning pasted content or local files into a handoff-friendly format.
Previewing a conversion before you use it in a larger workflow.
Cleaning small format mismatches without opening a full editor.

Conversion checks

Try a small sample first when the source format is messy.
Check character encoding, separators, and line endings after conversion.
Keep the source until the converted output has been reviewed.

Good next steps

These links move the current task into a more complete workflow.

Real-world use cases

Move a CMS blog post into a Git-based docs repo
Your team migrates 40 articles from WordPress to a Docusaurus site. Copy each post's rendered HTML, paste it here, and get Markdown with headings, links, and code fences intact. The inline-style soup WordPress emits gets dropped, so the .md drops straight into version control with no hand-cleanup.
Turn a scraped web page into a clean note
You grab an article via "View Source" or a scraper and end up with 200 lines of nav divs and tracking spans around the real content. Paste the body HTML and the converter keeps the paragraphs, blockquotes, and the pipe table of specs, giving you a 30-line note you can drop into Obsidian or Notion.
Feed clean Markdown to an LLM prompt
You want to summarize a 3000-word HTML page with an LLM, but raw HTML burns tokens on tags. Convert it first and the same content shrinks 40 to 60 percent because every `<p class="...">` becomes a blank line. The model also reads headings and lists more reliably than nested div structure.
Standardize email or rich-text snippets for a changelog
A teammate sends release notes as a rich-text email with bold items and a bulleted list. Paste the copied HTML and you get `**bold**` and `- item` lines you can commit to CHANGELOG.md, so every entry matches the repo's Markdown style instead of carrying font tags and `mso-` styles into the file.

Common pitfalls

Pasting a full page's HTML including `<head>`, `<nav>`, and `<footer>`. Copy only the article body, or you get the menu and cookie banner as headings too.
Expecting Word or Google Docs paste to convert perfectly. Their HTML hides structure in `mso-list` styles that have no Markdown equivalent. Save as `.html` and clean it first.
Assuming inline `style="color:red"` or `text-align` survives. Markdown has no styling, so it is dropped. If visual style matters more than portability, stay in HTML.

Privacy

Conversion runs entirely in your browser using the native DOMParser. The HTML you paste never leaves the page, is never uploaded to a server, and is not written to the URL. Closing or refreshing the tab discards it. You can safely paste internal or unpublished content.

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HTML to Markdown — Clean .md Output, In Your Browser

What this tool does

Tool details

How to use

1. Input

2. Process

3. Copy / Download

How HTML to Markdown fits into your work

Conversion jobs

Conversion checks

Good next steps

Real-world use cases

Move a CMS blog post into a Git-based docs repo

Turn a scraped web page into a clean note

Feed clean Markdown to an LLM prompt

Standardize email or rich-text snippets for a changelog

Common pitfalls

Privacy

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