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Convert Markdown
to plain text
Paste Markdown below and click Convert to strip all formatting into clean plain text.
Works with headings, bold/italic, links, images, lists, blockquotes, inline code, code fences, and tables.
This tool is free and runs entirely in your browser. If it saved you some time, a coffee keeps it ad-light and maintained.
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Frequently asked questions
Which Markdown formatting does it remove?
Headings, bold and italic emphasis, strikethrough, links and images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, inline code, fenced code blocks, horizontal rules, and pipe tables. The wording of your content is preserved.
Does it keep the link text or the URL?
It keeps the visible link text and drops the URL, so [docs](https://example.com) becomes just “docs”. If you want the URLs instead, use the Extract URLs tool.
What happens to fenced code blocks?
The surrounding triple-backtick fences are removed and the code inside is kept as plain lines, so you get the code without the Markdown wrapper.
Will my list items lose their text?
No. Only the bullet or number marker is removed; the text of each item stays, one item per line. The same applies to blockquotes, where the leading > marker is stripped.
Is this the same as previewing Markdown?
It is the opposite. A preview renders Markdown into styled HTML; this tool strips the Markdown syntax away to leave raw, unformatted plain text you can paste anywhere.