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HTML to Markdown

Drop an .html file or paste raw HTML and get clean Markdown back — headings, links, lists, and tables preserved, page chrome removed. It all runs in your browser.

or paste

Runs in your browser. Your input is not uploaded to PayloadIQ.

Content out, chrome gone

Most of an HTML page is plumbing — <script>, <style>, navigation, wrappers, inline attributes. This converter runs the markup through Turndown with the GitHub-flavoured plugin, so headings, links, lists, code, and tables come across as Markdown while the noise is dropped. Drop a saved .html file for a full page, or paste a snippet straight from dev tools.

Markdown is the format AI tools actually want

Feeding raw HTML to a model wastes tokens on tags it has to see past, and the structure often gets lost in the process. Markdown keeps the headings and lists that signal structure, in a fraction of the size — which is why scrapers, RAG pipelines, and documentation systems normalize to it. Convert here, then paste into a prompt or index.

Local and reversible

Nothing leaves your browser. Need the other direction? The Markdown to HTML tool turns Markdown back into clean HTML source.

FAQ

Is anything uploaded?
No. The conversion runs in your browser with the Turndown library. Whether you drop a file or paste source, the HTML stays on your device.
What carries over to Markdown?
Headings, paragraphs, links, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, inline and block code, and — thanks to the GFM plugin — tables, strikethrough, and task lists. Scripts, styles, and navigation chrome are stripped out.
Why convert HTML to Markdown for AI?
A web page is mostly markup a model doesn't need: nav bars, scripts, tracking, inline styles. Reducing it to Markdown keeps the real content and structure while cutting the token count dramatically, which makes for cleaner prompts and better retrieval.
Can I paste instead of uploading a file?
Yes. Use the paste box for a snippet copied from dev tools or a CMS, or drop a saved .html file for a whole page. Either way you get the same clean Markdown.

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