HTML to Markdown Converter — Free 2026
Paste HTML and get clean Markdown output instantly. Supports headings, links, images, lists, bold, italic, code blocks and more.
How It Works
- Paste your HTML
- View the Markdown
- Copy the result
Understanding HTML to Markdown Conversion
Markdown is a lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004. It is designed to be readable as plain text while still being convertible to HTML. Many platforms including GitHub, GitLab, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and most modern CMS systems support Markdown natively. Converting existing HTML content to Markdown is useful when migrating content between platforms, writing documentation, or cleaning up rich text editor output.
Conversion Rules
This tool applies standard Markdown conversion rules. Heading tags (<h1> through <h6>) become hash marks. Bold (<strong>) wraps in double asterisks, italic (<em>) in single asterisks. Links become [text](url) and images become . Unordered list items become dashes, ordered list items become numbers. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Code blocks wrapped in <pre><code> produce fenced code blocks with triple backticks.
When to Use Markdown
Markdown is ideal for technical documentation, README files, blog posts, and any content that needs to be version-controlled with Git. Because it is plain text, Markdown files produce clean diffs and are easy to merge. If you work with Markdown regularly, check out our Markdown Editor for live preview editing, or use the HTML Encoder for escaping HTML entities.
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