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Guide1 min readUpdated July 8, 2026

How to convert HTML to Markdown

Short answer

Paste the HTML into a converter and it maps tags to Markdown — headings, links, lists, bold, and code. Structural HTML converts cleanly; complex layout, tables, and inline styles may need a quick manual tidy.

Why convert to Markdown

Markdown is portable, diff-friendly, and readable as plain text, so it is ideal for docs, notes, README files, and static sites. Converting HTML from a page, a rich-text editor, or AI output to Markdown gives you clean source you can version and reuse. See what is Markdown.

Convert the HTML

  1. Paste the HTMLDrop in the markup from a page, email, or editor.
  2. Read the Markdown outputTags map to their Markdown equivalents automatically.
  3. Tidy the edgesCheck tables, nested lists, and anything with inline styles.
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What converts cleanly, what does notHeadings, paragraphs, links, images, lists, bold/italic, and code blocks map directly. Complex tables, div-based layout, and inline CSS have no Markdown equivalent, so they are simplified or dropped.

Round-tripping

Markdown and HTML convert both ways, but the trip is lossy for anything without a Markdown equivalent. Keep the Markdown as your source of truth and generate HTML from it — see Markdown vs HTML.

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Questions

Does HTML to Markdown conversion lose anything?

Standard content — headings, links, lists, emphasis, code — converts cleanly. Anything without a Markdown equivalent, like complex tables, layout divs, or inline styles, is simplified or dropped, so review the output.

Can I convert rich text or AI output to Markdown?

Yes. If you can get the content as HTML, the converter turns it into Markdown. Pasted rich text and AI-generated HTML both work, though you may need to tidy a few edge cases.

Does this send my data anywhere?

No. Utilumo's developer tools parse and transform input inside the browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged.

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