HTML to Markdown Converter

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Paste HTML and get clean Markdown in seconds. Headings, links, images, lists, tables, blockquotes, and code blocks are converted while scripts, styles, and clutter are stripped away.

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

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How the Converter Works

  1. Paste HTML, from a page, editor, or CMS export.
  2. It parses the DOM, the browser builds a real document tree from your markup.
  3. It maps elements, each tag is converted to its Markdown equivalent.
  4. Copy the Markdown, paste into docs, README files, or AI workflows.

Why Markdown Helps

  • Portable, Markdown works across static site generators, docs, and chat tools.
  • Version-friendly, plain text diffs cleanly in Git.
  • AI-ready, language models parse Markdown reliably for summaries and citations.
  • Clean source, stripping scripts and styles leaves only the content that matters.

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HTML to Markdown Reference

Each common HTML element maps to a Markdown equivalent. Elements with no Markdown form, such as styling wrappers, are flattened to their text content, and non-content tags are removed entirely.

HTML element Markdown equivalent
<h1>…</h1># Heading (h2–h6 use ## to ######)
<strong> / <b>**bold**
<em> / <i>*italic*
<a href="url">[text](url)
<img src="src" alt="alt">![alt](src)
<ul><li>- item (<ol> becomes 1. item)
<blockquote>> quote
<code> (inline)`code`
<pre><code>Fenced block with triple backticks

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HTML to Markdown Converter: FAQ

Which HTML elements does the converter map to Markdown?
It handles headings, paragraphs, line breaks, horizontal rules, emphasis, strong text, strikethrough, inline and fenced code, links, images, blockquotes, ordered and unordered lists, and simple tables. Other elements contribute their text content without a special Markdown wrapper.
What content is intentionally removed?
Script, style, noscript, nav, and svg elements are omitted. Header, footer, aside, forms, and arbitrary class-based boilerplate are not automatically removed, so this is a markup converter rather than a full article extractor.
How are nested lists handled?
A direct nested ul or ol is indented beneath its parent item. More complex list markup, multiple nested lists inside one item, custom counters, and task-checkbox semantics may need manual cleanup.
How are tables converted?
The first HTML row becomes the Markdown header and every later row becomes a body row. Cell pipe characters are escaped. Rowspan, colspan, captions, irregular row widths, and rich block content do not have equivalent handling.
Are relative links and image URLs made absolute?
No. The href and src attribute values are copied as written. A relative path remains relative to wherever you later publish the Markdown, so update it if the destination has a different base URL.
What happens with malformed or incomplete HTML?
The browser's DOMParser repairs the input into an HTML document before conversion. That can produce a usable result, but it may also restructure malformed markup, so compare the Markdown with the intended source.
Does it preserve code languages or all whitespace?
No. Preformatted blocks become plain triple-backtick fences without a language label. Text nodes collapse repeated whitespace, while pre content is preserved more closely. Review code fences and whitespace-sensitive examples manually.
Is pasted HTML uploaded?
No. Parsing and conversion run in your browser with DOMParser. The tool does not send the HTML or generated Markdown to a Web Aloha server.