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HTML to Markdown Converter
The HTML to Markdown converter turns raw HTML markup into clean, portable Markdown, and converts Markdown back into HTML, so content can move between a CMS export, a static-site repository, a README, or a documentation system without manual retagging. It walks the parsed document and emits Markdown for the common elements that carry meaning — headings, bold and italic, links, images, lists, blockquotes, inline and fenced code, horizontal rules and paragraphs.
This converter is free and runs entirely in the browser. The HTML is parsed locally with the browser’s own parser, scripts and styles are stripped before conversion, and nothing pasted into either box is ever uploaded, so it is safe for unpublished drafts and internal content.
🔒 Private: everything runs in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded.
How to convert between HTML and Markdown
Pick a direction with the tabs, paste your source into the input box, and the converted result appears on the right as you type. Use the Sample button to load a worked example, and Copy to grab the output.
Convert HTML to Markdown for portable content
Markdown is the lingua franca of READMEs, static-site generators, and documentation platforms, but most content starts life as HTML inside a CMS. Paste the HTML into the left box and the converter walks the parsed DOM, mapping each element to its Markdown equivalent: heading levels become hash marks, anchors become bracketed links, list items become dashes or numbers, and code blocks become fenced blocks. Whitespace is collapsed the way a browser would render it, and Markdown-significant characters in plain text are escaped so the output renders exactly as the original read.
Convert Markdown back to HTML when a CMS needs it
The reverse direction matters just as much: a draft written in Markdown often has to be pasted into a WordPress block, an email template, or any field that expects HTML. Switch to the Markdown to HTML tab and a line-based parser reads headings, emphasis, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, fenced and inline code, and horizontal rules, then emits valid, readable HTML. Angle brackets and ampersands in the source are escaped, so a literal script tag in your text becomes visible text rather than live markup in the result.
Why the conversion runs entirely in your browser
Many online converters post your content to a server to process it, which is a problem when the content is an unpublished article, a client draft, or anything confidential. This tool parses HTML with the browser’s built-in DOMParser and runs the Markdown parser in the same page, so the text never leaves the device. Scripts, styles, and inline event handlers are removed before conversion, meaning pasted markup is read as data and never executed. The result is a converter that is both private and safe to point at sensitive drafts.
HTML to Markdown converter frequently asked questions
Q1Which HTML elements does the converter support?
It handles the common content elements that carry meaning in Markdown: headings h1 through h6, bold and italic, links and images, ordered and unordered lists including one level of nesting, blockquotes, inline code and fenced code blocks, horizontal rules, line breaks, and paragraphs. Layout-only wrappers like div and section are unwrapped, and presentational tags such as span pass their text through unchanged.
Q2Does the tool convert Markdown back into HTML too?
Yes. The second tab runs a Markdown to HTML parser that reads the same set of common elements and emits valid HTML: headings, bold and italic, links, images, lists, blockquotes, fenced and inline code, and horizontal rules. It is built so that converting HTML to Markdown and back round-trips the core structure cleanly, which is useful when moving content between systems.
Q3Is my content uploaded anywhere?
No. Every conversion happens in your browser using the page’s own JavaScript and the built-in HTML parser. Nothing you paste into the input box is sent to a server, logged, or stored, and the tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded. That makes it safe to use for unpublished drafts, client work, and internal documentation.
Q4Is it safe to paste HTML that contains scripts?
Yes. Before conversion the tool removes script, style, noscript, and template elements, and it parses the rest as inert data rather than executing it. When converting Markdown to HTML, angle brackets and ampersands are escaped, so a literal script tag in your text appears as visible characters in the output instead of becoming live, runnable markup.
Q5Why is some punctuation backslash-escaped in the Markdown output?
Characters that mean something in Markdown, such as asterisks, underscores, and hash marks, are escaped with a backslash when they appear in ordinary text. This prevents a literal asterisk in a sentence from being misread as emphasis. The escaping is invisible when the Markdown is rendered or converted back to HTML, so the round-trip stays faithful to the original text.
