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title: "HTML to Markdown Converter in Your Browser | ToolSugar"
description: "Convert HTML to readable Markdown with the Turndown library. Headings, lists, links, emphasis and code become Markdown, and nothing leaves your device."
canonical: https://toolsugar.com/tools/html-to-markdown
image: https://toolsugar.com/og.png
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# HTML to Markdown

This tool converts HTML into Markdown in your browser with the Turndown library. The HTML is parsed into an inert document, so scripts in it never run. Headings become # lines, lists use dashes, links and emphasis keep their syntax, and code blocks are fenced. Nothing is uploaded.

Runs on your device

## How it works

1. Paste HTML into the HTML box, or open an .html file.
2. Read the Markdown in the result box on the right.
3. Edit your HTML if something converted differently than you expected.
4. Press Copy or Download to save document.md.

## Key facts

- **Where it runs**: In your browser tab. The text and files you use are never uploaded.
- **Live result**: The output updates as you type or paste, with no button to press.
- **Style**: Headings use #, bullets use -, and code blocks use triple backtick fences.
- **Limit**: Tables are not converted to Markdown tables, and layout styling is dropped because Markdown cannot express it.

## Common uses

- Moving a blog post from a CMS export into a Markdown based site.
- Cleaning a copied web page into notes.
- Turning an HTML email into plain readable text with links intact.

## Questions

### Is my data sent to a server?

No. The conversion runs in your browser with JavaScript, so what you paste or open stays on your device. You can switch off your network after the page loads and it keeps working.

### Does the HTML run when I paste it?

No. It is parsed with the browser's DOMParser into a separate document that is never shown, so scripts and handlers are not executed.

### Can I paste a whole web page?

Yes, the body is converted. Navigation, menus and scripts come along as text or links, so you may want to paste just the part you need.

[Read the HTML to Markdown guide](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-convert-html-to-markdown)

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