📝 Markdown to Text
Strip Markdown formatting to plain text. Remove headers, bold, italics, links, code blocks, blockquotes, and lists while preserving paragraph structure.
About this tool
Converts Markdown into clean, readable plain text by stripping all formatting syntax — headings, bold, italics, links, images, code blocks, blockquotes, and lists — while keeping the content and paragraph structure intact. Useful when you need to paste rich documentation into a plain-text-only field (SMS, commit messages without markup, plain-text email, or terminal output).
Example input:
# Hello World
**Bold text** with *italics* and a [link](https://example.com).
- List item one
- List item two Output:
Hello World
Bold text with italics and a link.
List item one
List item two Toggle Preserve paragraph breaks to keep the original blank-line separation between blocks; turn it off to collapse everything into a single continuous block.
FAQ
What happens to links and images? ›
Links are replaced with their display text: [click here](url) becomes just "click here". Images become their alt text, and an image without alt text is removed entirely.
Are code blocks preserved? ›
Fenced code blocks (``` ... ```) are removed entirely. Inline code (`code`) is unwrapped — the backtick delimiters are stripped and the content kept as regular text.
Does it handle HTML inside Markdown? ›
Yes — raw HTML tags are stripped. HTML comments (<!-- ... -->) are also removed.
Why does my output still have blank lines? ›
Uncheck "Preserve paragraph breaks" to collapse all line breaks into a single continuous block of text. With the option checked, the tool keeps the natural paragraph separation from your Markdown.
I have HTML instead of Markdown — which tool should I use? ›
Use the <a href="/html-to-text" class="text-accent hover:underline">HTML to Text</a> converter. It strips HTML tags while keeping paragraph breaks, headings, and lists readable. This tool only handles Markdown input.