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Convert anything to Markdown

Paste formatted text from Google Docs, Word, a web page or an email, and it becomes clean Markdown as it lands. Copy it out or download the .md, free.

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Paste anything here

Copy formatted text from Google Docs, Word, a web page or an email, and paste it into this document. It turns into clean Markdown as it lands.

Try it

  1. Copy a few paragraphs with a heading and a list from another app
  2. Paste them below this line
  3. Turn Formatting off in the View menu to see the Markdown it wrote

What you get

  • Headings become # and ##
  • Bold and italic become ** and *
  • Links keep their address
  • Tables keep their rows and columns

Take it with you
File > Copy > As Markdown puts the source on your clipboard, and File > Download > Markdown saves the .md file.

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  • 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 text to Markdown in three steps

  1. 01

    Copy it

    Select the text in Google Docs, Word, a web page or an email, and copy it.

  2. 02

    Paste it here

    Click into the document and paste. Headings, lists, links and tables arrive as Markdown.

  3. 03

    Take the Markdown

    File > Copy > As Markdown puts it on your clipboard, and File > Download > Markdown saves the .md file.

A formatted paragraph pasted from a document turns into the Markdown source it became
Free for Mac and Chrome

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The same editor on your whole folder of Markdown notes, plus a text expander and a clipboard manager. On a Mac, every .md file previews in Finder when you press Space.

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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

A converter that shows its work

Most converters hand back a block of symbols. This one shows the document formatted, and the Markdown behind it whenever you want.

Writing in the editor with the slash menu open on Heading, Table, Callout, Code block and Checklist

  1. Formatting off, source on

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

  2. Fix it in place

    Spot something to change? Edit it right there, with a toolbar for headings, lists, tables and callouts.

  3. Both directions

    Markdown out to a Word file, a PDF or a web page, from the same File menu.

  4. Private

    Everything stays in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent anywhere.

  5. Several at once

    Open a new tab for each document and convert them side by side.

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.
Download free for MacSee the Mac 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.
Add to Chrome, freeSee TypeFire for Chrome

Frequently asked questions

Still not answered?

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Copy formatted text from Google Docs, Word, a web page or an email and paste it into this page.

It turns into Markdown as it lands. Then choose File > Copy > As Markdown, or download the .md file.

Yes. No account, no sign-up and no limit on how much you convert.

No. The conversion happens in your browser, on your own computer.

Yes. Select the text in the doc, copy it, and paste it here.

Headings, bold, italic, lists, links and tables come through as Markdown.

Yes. Turn Formatting off in the View menu and the document shows the raw Markdown, symbols and all.

Yes. File > Download saves the document as Markdown, Word (.docx), a web page (.html) or a PDF, and File > Copy > As rich text pastes it formatted into Word or an email.

Yes. Copy from Word and paste it here, and it becomes Markdown as it lands.

The Word to Markdown page walks through it.

Yes. Paste the answer here and its Markdown renders as real formatting.

File > Copy > As rich text then pastes it formatted into Word, Google Docs or an email.

No. Paste as much as you need, and open a new tab for each document.

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The same editor, on your own files

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