How to use the HTML to Markdown Converter
Convert HTML to Markdown in seconds — no installation required.
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Paste your HTML
Paste raw HTML code, a full page snippet, or just a fragment into the input editor. The tool accepts any valid HTML including tags, attributes, and inline styles.
2
Preview the Markdown output
The Markdown output is generated in real time in the right panel. Review the converted headings, lists, links, images, and code blocks to confirm fidelity.
3
Copy or download the Markdown
Click "Copy" to copy the Markdown to your clipboard, or download it as a .md file ready to drop into your project repository or documentation folder.
When to use this tool
Use the HTML to Markdown converter whenever you need to move content out of HTML and into a Markdown-based system.
- →Migrating blog posts or web pages from a CMS like WordPress into a Markdown-based static site generator (Hugo, Jekyll, Astro)
- →Converting HTML documentation pages into Markdown files for a GitHub wiki or README
- →Extracting readable content from a web page to paste into Notion, Obsidian, or Bear
- →Converting HTML email templates into Markdown drafts for documentation
- →Transforming HTML tables from a web page into GitHub-flavored Markdown tables
- →Cleaning up HTML-heavy content before importing it into a headless CMS that accepts Markdown
Frequently asked questions
Q:Which HTML elements are supported in the conversion?
The converter handles all standard HTML elements including headings (h1–h6), paragraphs, bold, italic, links, images, unordered and ordered lists, blockquotes, inline code, fenced code blocks, horizontal rules, and tables (as GitHub-Flavored Markdown tables).
Q:What happens to CSS styles and inline styles during conversion?
Inline CSS styles are stripped during conversion since Markdown does not support arbitrary styling. Semantic formatting (bold via <strong>, italic via <em>) is preserved as Markdown equivalents. If you need to retain styling, consider keeping the original HTML.
Q:Does it support GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM)?
Yes. The output defaults to GitHub-Flavored Markdown, which means HTML tables are converted to GFM pipe tables, fenced code blocks use triple backticks with language hints, and task list items are preserved where possible.
Q:Can I convert a full HTML page including the <head> section?
Yes. If you paste a full HTML document, the converter automatically extracts and converts only the <body> content, ignoring <head>, <script>, <style>, and <meta> tags which have no Markdown equivalent.
Q:What happens to HTML elements that have no Markdown equivalent?
Elements with no direct Markdown equivalent (like <div>, <span>, <form>, or custom components) are either unwrapped (their inner text content is preserved) or omitted if they contain no meaningful text. You can configure the tool to keep unknown elements as raw HTML in the output.
Q:Is there a size limit on the HTML I can convert?
The tool runs entirely in your browser with no server upload, so practical limits depend on your device memory. In testing, full HTML pages up to several hundred kilobytes convert without issues. For very large documents, consider splitting them into sections.