What Is an HTML to Text and Markdown Converter?
This converter extracts readable content from HTML and produces either plain text or Markdown. Headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered lists, links, blockquotes, and simple tables retain useful structure where the selected format supports it. Plain text conversion uses html-to-text, while Markdown conversion uses Turndown with a table rule. Script and style blocks are removed before conversion, and all processing stays in the browser.
How to Convert HTML
- 1Paste a complete HTML fragment, copied article body, email template, or malformed snippet into the HTML input field.
- 2Choose Markdown or plain text, decide whether links should keep their destinations, and select an optional wrapping width.
- 3Review the converted result for application-specific formatting, then use the copy button to move it into your editor, CMS, or message.
HTML Conversion Use Cases
Moving web content into Markdown
Convert headings, links, lists, quotes, and simple data tables from an HTML article into a maintainable Markdown document.
Creating readable email text
Extract a plain-text alternative from an HTML email and keep link destinations available for clients that do not render rich content.
Cleaning copied CMS output
Remove presentation markup, scripts, and styles from exported or copied HTML while retaining the content people need to read.
Frequently asked questions
Does the converter run scripts from pasted HTML?
No. The input is treated as source text rather than inserted into the page, and script and style blocks are removed before the conversion libraries process it.
Will complex tables look exactly like the original?
No. Simple rows and cells are preserved, including a Markdown table separator, but merged cells, nested tables, captions, widths, and visual styling cannot be represented faithfully in plain text or standard Markdown.
Can malformed HTML be converted?
Usually. The parsers recover from many unclosed or mismatched tags and return the readable content they can identify. Severely damaged markup may still need manual cleanup.
Is the HTML uploaded?
No. Conversion and output formatting happen locally in your browser.