HTML to Markdown

The HTML to Markdown converter takes raw HTML and rewrites it as clean, readable Markdown, stripping away the angle brackets and attributes while preserving the structure of headings, lists, links, emphasis, code and quotes. It is the exact reverse of a Markdown to HTML tool, letting you move content back into the lightweight format that is so much easier to write and edit by hand.

It is built for bloggers migrating posts into Markdown-based systems, developers writing documentation and README files, note-takers importing web content, and anyone moving text out of a rich editor into a static site generator. Whenever you have HTML but want the simplicity of Markdown, this tool does the tedious conversion for you in a single step.

Everything happens inside your web browser using JavaScript. The converter parses your HTML into a document structure and walks it element by element, emitting the matching Markdown syntax as it goes. Because nothing is uploaded, even unpublished articles, internal documentation and client content stay completely private on your own device throughout the conversion.

Features

• Converts headings, paragraphs, bold and italic text, links, images, lists, blockquotes and code into Markdown.
• Handles both inline code and fenced code blocks, keeping your snippets intact and properly delimited in the output.
• Choose ATX-style headings with hash marks or Setext-style headings with underlines to match your project's style.
• Pick the bullet character for unordered lists, using a dash, an asterisk or a plus sign as your list marker.
• Nested lists, ordered lists and mixed content are converted while preserving their structure and indentation.
• Output is clean Markdown that pastes directly into static site generators, documentation tools and note apps.
• Summary statistics report the number of output lines and characters so you can gauge the size of the result.
• Everything runs offline in your browser with no sign-up, no upload limits and no watermarks added to your content.

How to use HTML to Markdown

1. Paste your HTML source into the input box, or upload an .html or .txt file to load its contents directly.
2. Choose whether you want ATX-style headings with hash marks or Setext-style headings with underlines.
3. Pick the bullet marker you prefer for unordered lists, selecting a dash, an asterisk or a plus sign.
4. Watch the converted Markdown appear live in the output panel as soon as you paste or change an option.
5. Review the Markdown to confirm headings, lists, links and code blocks came through the way you expected.
6. Copy the Markdown to your clipboard or download it as a text file, then paste it into your editor or site.

Benefits

• Bloggers migrate existing HTML posts into Markdown-based platforms and static site generators without retyping.
• Developers turn HTML documentation and snippets into clean Markdown for README files and wikis in seconds.
• Note-takers import content copied from web pages into Markdown apps like Obsidian, Notion-style tools and editors.
• Technical writers convert content exported from rich editors into the plain, version-friendly Markdown format.
• Content teams standardise mixed HTML and Markdown sources into a single consistent format across a project.
• Anyone handling private content benefits because the conversion runs locally and is never sent to any server.

Markdown has become the default format for documentation, static sites and note-taking because it is readable as plain text yet converts cleanly to HTML when needed. The problem is that a great deal of existing content lives as HTML, exported from old blogs, rich editors or web pages. Converting it back to Markdown lets you store it in a lightweight, version-control-friendly form that is far easier to edit, diff and maintain over time.

The conversion focuses on the structural elements Markdown supports, so headings become hash lines or underlines, links collapse into the bracket-and-parenthesis form, emphasis becomes asterisks, and code is wrapped in backticks or fences. HTML features that have no Markdown equivalent, such as complex tables, inline styles or custom attributes, are simplified to their nearest readable form, which is the expected behaviour when moving from a richer format to a simpler one.

All processing happens locally inside your browser, so your HTML is never uploaded, stored or logged, keeping confidential drafts and client work safe. Because this tool is the mirror image of the Markdown to HTML converter, you can round-trip content between the two formats, tidying up HTML from one source into Markdown you can comfortably edit and then converting it back whenever you need HTML output again.