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HTML to Markdown Converter Online

Turn complex HTML code back into simple Markdown text. This tool makes it easy to migrate your blog posts and web pages to a faster, cleaner format.

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If you are migrating an old WordPress blog to a modern static site generator (like Next.js, Hugo, or Astro), you need to convert all your legacy HTML payloads into .md files. This parser is built to instantly translate raw DOM elements into clean Markdown syntax.

DOM Traversal Mapping

The script doesn't just use cheap regex replacements; it actually parses your HTML into a virtual Document Object Model (DOM). It traverses the tree and translates each node. An <h2> becomes ##, an <em> becomes _italic_, and an <a href="..."> translates into [link](...). By traversing a real DOM, nested elements (like bold text inside a link) are handled perfectly.

Stripping Bloated Attributes

Because Markdown is strictly structural, it cannot handle styling data. When the parser encounters <p class="text-red font-bold" style="margin:0">, it automatically strips away the class and style attributes, leaving only the clean semantic text structure.

GitHub Flavored Tables

Standard Markdown does not natively support tables, which used to make HTML conversion a nightmare. This tool automatically utilizes GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) syntax to translate complex <table>, <tr>, and <td> grids into readable pipe (|) and hyphen (-) ascii-style tables.

How to use HTML to Markdown Converter

1

Paste HTML.

2

Convert.

Example Usage

Sample Input / Output

<h1>Hello World</h1><p>This is <b>bold</b> text.</p>

This shows a sample input and the format you can expect back from html to markdown converter.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clean output?

Yes, optimized for readability.

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