Quick Answer
How do you convert HTML to Markdown?
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Converting HTML to Markdown maps each HTML element to its Markdown equivalent: <h1> becomes #, <strong> becomes **bold**, <a> becomes [text](url), and list items become - bullets. The result is clean, portable plain text.
Why use this tool
Portable content
Markdown is the lingua franca of docs, READMEs, and static sites. Convert legacy HTML content into Markdown to migrate it into a CMS, wiki, or repository. Conversion is local, so your content stays private.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Headings, paragraphs, bold, italic, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, code, and horizontal rules.
It handles common nesting well; very complex or malformed HTML may need minor manual cleanup.
No, conversion happens entirely in your browser.
Use our Markdown to HTML tool for the reverse direction.
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