HTML to Markdown Converter

Paste your HTML code below and get clean, readable Markdown output. Handles headings, lists, tables, code blocks, links, images, and nested formatting.

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How to Use

1. Paste Your HTML — Type or paste your HTML code into the input area. The converter accepts any valid HTML including headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, code blocks, links, images, and formatting tags.
2. View the Markdown — The converter instantly generates clean Markdown syntax. The Markdown tab shows the raw output, while the Preview tab shows the formatted text exactly as it will appear in a Markdown renderer.
3. Copy or Download — Click Copy Markdown to copy the output to your clipboard, or Download .md to save it as a Markdown file. The converter also shows size comparison between the HTML input and Markdown output.

About the HTML to Markdown Converter

WritePadPro's HTML to Markdown Converter transforms HTML code into clean, readable Markdown syntax. It uses the browser's native DOMParser API to build a proper document tree, then recursively converts each HTML element to its Markdown equivalent — producing accurate results even with complex, deeply nested HTML structures.

Why Convert HTML to Markdown?

Markdown is increasingly the preferred format for content storage, version control, and cross-platform publishing. Converting existing HTML content to Markdown is essential when:

• Migrating websites — Moving from a traditional CMS (WordPress, Drupal) to a static site generator (Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby, Next.js) that uses Markdown files
• Version control — Storing content in Git repositories where Markdown diffs are far more readable than HTML diffs
• Documentation — Converting web documentation to Markdown for GitHub wikis, GitBook, or MkDocs
• Simplification — Stripping away complex HTML formatting to get clean, portable, human-readable text with basic structure preserved
• Email to docs — Converting saved HTML emails or web pages into Markdown notes for your knowledge base

DOMParser-Based Conversion

Unlike many HTML-to-Markdown tools that rely on fragile regex patterns (which break on nested tags, malformed HTML, or unusual attribute ordering), WritePadPro's converter uses the browser's built-in DOMParser. This creates a proper Document Object Model tree from your HTML, regardless of formatting inconsistencies. The converter then walks this tree recursively, converting each node to its Markdown equivalent with full awareness of nesting context.

What Gets Converted

The converter handles the full range of HTML elements commonly found in web content:

• Structure — Headings (h1-h6) become # through ######, paragraphs become double-newline separated text, line breaks become two trailing spaces
• Emphasis — <strong> and <b> become **, <em> and <i> become *, <del> and <s> become ~~
• Links & Media — Anchor tags become [text](url), images become 
• Code — Inline <code> becomes backticks, <pre><code> blocks become fenced code blocks with language detection
• Lists — Ordered and unordered lists convert with proper indentation, task lists with checkbox state preserved
• Tables — Full table conversion including header detection and column alignment (left, center, right)
• Quotes — Blockquotes convert to > prefixed lines

Safety & Privacy

Dangerous HTML elements (script, style, iframe, object, embed, form, input, button) are automatically stripped during conversion. The converter never executes any JavaScript from the input HTML — it only parses the structure. All processing happens locally in your browser with zero server communication, making it completely safe for sensitive or proprietary content.