Markdown to Plain Text: Keep the Words, Drop the Syntax
Markdown is wonderful for writing and noisy for pasting elsewhere. Stripping it leaves the sentence you actually meant to share.
What is the Markdown to Plain Text Converter?
Paste Markdown and get plain text back, with headings, bold, italic, code ticks, link brackets, and list markers removed but the words themselves kept. Link text survives while the URL is dropped, and image alt text survives while the image syntax goes. It is the fastest way to get a clean excerpt for a plain-text email, a caption, or a word count.
How to use it
- Paste Markdown text.
- Click Strip Markdown.
- Read the plain words that remain.
- Copy the plain text for your email or caption.
Worked example
A heading plus bold text becomes plain lines reading Hello and This is bold text.
How do I remove Markdown formatting?
Delete the markers for headings, emphasis, links, lists, and code, while keeping the words they wrapped.
Frequently asked questions
Do links keep their text?
Yes. The visible link text stays and only the bracket and URL syntax is removed.
What happens to code blocks?
The fence markers are removed and the code words themselves are kept as plain text.