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Google Docs to Markdown, free

Copy from your Google Doc and paste it here. Headings, lists, links and tables become clean Markdown as they land. No add-on, and nothing asks for your Google account.

From Google Docs.md
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From Google Docs.md

Paste from Google Docs here

In your Google Doc, select the text (Ctrl A for all of it), copy, and paste over this text. It becomes Markdown as it lands.

What comes across

  • Headings become #, ## and ###
  • Bold, italic and links keep their formatting
  • Bulleted and numbered lists stay lists
  • Tables keep their rows and columns

Several docs?
Press + for a new tab and paste the next one. Each downloads as its own .md file.

Loading the editor…Your files stay in your browser
  • Your files never leave your browser
  • Free, no sign-up
  • Download as Markdown, Word, a web page or a PDF

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How it works

Convert a Google Doc to Markdown in three steps

  1. 01

    Copy from Google Docs

    In your doc, press Ctrl A (⌘ A on a Mac) to select it all, and copy.

  2. 02

    Paste it here

    Click into the document above and paste. It turns into Markdown, formatted on screen.

  3. 03

    Save the .md

    File > Download > Markdown saves the file, or File > Copy > As Markdown copies it.

A formatted paragraph pasted from a Google Doc turns into the Markdown source it became
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A README.md previewed in Finder with Quick Look on a Mac, after pressing Space
What it converts

Paste formatted text, get clean Markdown

Paste from another app and the formatting is turned into Markdown as it lands. Then File > Copy > As Markdown, or download the .md.

Google Docs
How:Select and copy, then paste here.
What comes through:Headings, bold, italic, lists, links and tables.
Word or Pages
How:Copy from the document, then paste.
What comes through:The same, as clean Markdown.
A web page
How:Copy the part you want, then paste.
What comes through:Text and links, without the page's styling.
An email
How:Copy the message body, then paste.
What comes through:Quotes and lists keep their shape.

Or format it here, and read the Markdown

Every button on the toolbar writes standard Markdown into the document. Turn Formatting off in the View menu to see exactly what it wrote.

Bold
**text**
Heading 2
## Heading
Bullet list
- item
To-do list
- [ ] task
Quote
> quoted text
Callout
> [!note] Title
Highlight
==text==
Table
| a | b |
Footnote
[^1]
Markdown syntax and what it makes: bold, italic, a done task, a callout, a link and inline code
What it does

Copy, paste, and keep your account to yourself

Copy and paste is the whole process, and your Google account stays out of it.

The pasted document stays in the browser and is never uploaded
  1. Structure kept

    Headings, bold, italic, links, lists and tables all come across.

  2. Check the source

    Turn Formatting off in the View menu to read the exact Markdown.

  3. Both directions

    Copy Markdown back out as rich text and paste it into a Google Doc.

  4. One tab per doc

    Convert several docs side by side, each in its own tab.

  5. Private

    Your doc never leaves the browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Take it further

The same editor, without the browser tab

This editor comes from TypeFire, a free app for Markdown notes, a text expander and a clipboard manager. Here it works on the files you open. In the app, it opens your whole folder.

TypeFire for Mac with several Markdown notes open in one tab bar

TypeFire for Mac

  • Press Space on any .md file in Finder and read it rendered, with Quick Look.
  • Open a folder of Markdown, an Obsidian vault included, with tabs, search and links.
  • A text expander and a clipboard history in the same free app.
In a browser email, typing thx and a space expands into a whole thank-you reply

TypeFire for Chrome

  • This editor in its own tab, one click from the toolbar.
  • Your folder of .md notes in tabs, with search and links.
  • A text expander and your clipboard history on every site.

Frequently asked questions

Still not answered?

In your Google Doc, select the text (Ctrl A for all of it), copy, and paste it into the document on this page.

It turns into Markdown as it lands. File > Download > Markdown saves the .md file.

Yes. No account, no sign-up and no add-on to install in Google Docs.

No. Copy and paste is all it takes, and nothing asks for access to your Google account.

No. The conversion happens in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent anywhere.

Yes. Headings, bold, italic, links, bulleted and numbered lists, and tables come across as Markdown.

Yes. Turn Formatting off in the View menu to read the Markdown source, then turn it back on.

Yes. Open or paste the Markdown, choose File > Copy > As rich text, and paste into your Google Doc.

Or download a Word file and open it in Google Docs.

For a README on GitHub, a note in Obsidian, a post for a static site, or context for an AI tool.

Markdown is plain text, so it goes anywhere.

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