HTML to Markdown Converter – Convert HTML Online (Free Tool)
Free online HTML to Markdown Converter tool to convert HTML code to Markdown syntax. Transform HTML markup to MD format for documentation. All conversion happens locally.
Example Output
Common HTML constructs map cleanly to Markdown equivalents.
# Title Body with **bold** and [link](https://x.com).
What is HTML to Markdown Converter?
HTML to Markdown converts HTML markup back into Markdown, preserving headings, links, lists, inline formatting, code blocks, and tables. Useful when you receive content as rendered HTML (CMS export, scraped page, rich-text editor output) and want it in a version-control-friendly Markdown source.
Why use this tool?
- Touch-friendly UI, fine on phones for on-the-go edits
- No registration, account, or installation required
- No API keys to manage and no rate limits to monitor
- Strict and lenient parser modes for handling messy real-world data
- Handles UTF-8 BOM, mixed delimiters, and other edge cases that break simpler converters
How to use
- Paste HTML — full document or just a fragment
- Markdown is produced as you type, with headings, links, lists, code, tables and inline formatting preserved
- Copy the Markdown output to use in a README, blog post, or wiki page
- Switch tab to view the raw Markdown source vs the rendered preview
Examples
Move a blog post off a CMS
Export the post as HTML, paste here, and commit the resulting Markdown to your static-site generator (Hugo, Next.js, Astro).
Convert rich-text editor output
Many WYSIWYG editors output HTML. Pass it through to get Markdown that's easier to diff in a PR.
Clean up scraped content
Strip away unnecessary tags and keep only the meaningful structure — paragraphs, links, lists.
Common use cases
- Migrating content from a CMS to a static-site generator
- Converting rich-text editor HTML to wiki-friendly Markdown
- Cleaning scraped HTML into a tidy source format
- Importing existing HTML docs into a Markdown-native knowledge base
Troubleshooting
- Some inline styles or classes are dropped.
- Markdown doesn't carry CSS — only semantic structure survives. If you need exact visual fidelity, keep the HTML source.
- Tables look misaligned.
- Markdown tables are pipe-delimited and rely on monospace fonts for alignment. The output is valid — most renderers (GitHub, GitLab) display them correctly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Paste your HTML code and the tool parses the markup, converting each HTML element to its Markdown equivalent while preserving the document structure.
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