Markdown to Text
Strip Markdown back to plain, readable prose.
FREE - NO SIGN-UP - RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE
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- 9kinds of mark
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- 1 tapto copy
Markdown to Text at a glance
- Input
- Pasted Markdown
- Links
- Words kept, addresses dropped
- Code
- Fences out, code kept
- Tables
- Flattened to spaced columns
- HTML
- Tags stripped, entities decoded
- Count
- Named count of what came out
- Price
- Free
- Account needed
- None
- Where processing happens
- On your device
How to use Markdown to Text
- 1
Paste your Markdown
Paste your Markdown.
- 2
Check what came out
Check what came out.
- 3
Copy the prose
Copy the prose.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to links?
The words stay and the address goes. A link written as full report pointing at an address becomes the words full report on their own.
Is the code inside a fence kept?
Yes. The fence lines come out and everything between them stays exactly as written, so a command block is still a command block.
What about tables?
The pipes and the dashed separator row come out, and each row becomes its cells separated by spaces, so the reading order survives.
Does it handle HTML mixed into Markdown?
Yes. Tags are stripped and the common entities are turned back into their characters, so an ampersand written as an entity comes out as an ampersand.
Where this helps
Paste Markdown and the marks come out: headings, emphasis, code fences, lists, tables, footnotes and HTML tags. Link words are kept and the addresses behind them are dropped.
- Pasting a formatted document into a plain-text email or a form field.
- Getting a clean word count without the marks inflating it.
- Turning a README into a description that reads properly.
- Cleaning text generated as Markdown when the destination cannot render it.
Full specification
| Input | Pasted Markdown, with a sample already loaded so the result is visible first. |
|---|---|
| Links | The words are kept and the address is dropped, including reference-style links. |
| Code | Fences and backticks come out, and the code inside them is kept as it was written. |
| Tables | Flattened into spaced columns, with the dashed separator row removed. |
| HTML | Tags are stripped and the common entities are turned back into their characters. |
| Count | Every mark removed is counted and named under the box, so nothing is silent. |
| Price | Free. Supported by clearly labelled ads outside the working area. |
| Account needed | No. |
| Where processing happens | In your browser tab. Nothing is uploaded. |
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