Markdown to Text Converter
Convert Markdown to plain text instantly. Paste your Markdown or open an .md file, remove formatting, and copy clean text or download a .txt file — all in your browser.
Open Markdown file
Drag and drop an .md, .markdown, or .txt file here, or click to browse
Markdown and text files up to 10MB — processed locally
Markdown source
Plain text output
Your Markdown is converted locally in your browser. No content is sent to a conversion server.
What does Markdown to text conversion do?
Markdown uses characters such as #, **, and backticks to describe headings, emphasis, and code. A Markdown to text converter removes those formatting instructions while keeping the words they surround. For example, **Ready to share** becomes Ready to share, and a heading becomes a normal line of text.
Use this tool when the destination accepts plain text: an email, a support form, a text editor, or a TXT file. It reads Markdown structure rather than deleting punctuation indiscriminately, so literal symbols inside code stay intact. Paragraphs and line breaks remain readable, and tables become rows of tab-separated text.
A clean text version for:
Keep the content when the destination does not render Markdown.
- ChatGPT and other AI answers copied with Markdown formatting
- README files and documentation shared as plain text
- Emails, support tickets, and forms that display raw markup
- Notes saved as portable UTF-8 .txt files
Turn formatted Markdown into usable plain text
A short paste, review, and export workflow for whole documents or small snippets.
Remove formatting syntax
Strip heading markers, bold and italic delimiters, blockquote markers, and code fences. Keep their text instead of carrying formatting characters into your next app.
Preserve code content
Backticks and fenced block wrappers are removed, while the code inside keeps its punctuation, indentation, and blank lines. Asterisks and underscores in code are not treated as formatting.
Choose how links appear
Keep just the readable link label by default. Enable Keep link URLs in the text to append the destination in parentheses when someone needs the address in a TXT document.
Copy or download TXT
Copy the generated text to your clipboard, or download a UTF-8 .txt file. When you open a Markdown file, the download uses its original name with a .txt extension.
Keep document structure
Paragraphs remain separated, list items stay on individual lines, and nested items keep indentation. Markdown tables retain their cell text as tab-separated rows.
Convert locally
Pasted content and opened files are processed in your browser. The converter does not send your Markdown to a conversion server, and no account is required.
How to convert Markdown to plain text
The output updates as you edit. There is no separate conversion button.
Paste Markdown or open a file
Paste a Markdown snippet into the source panel, or choose an .md, .markdown, or .txt file up to 10MB. Load the example to see headings, links, lists, and code together.
Review the plain text
Check the result in the output panel. If the text needs clickable addresses for later use, enable Keep link URLs in the text before copying or downloading.
Copy text or download a .txt file
Use Copy plain text for your next app, or Download .txt to save the result. You can edit the source and export again, or clear the workspace to start another document.
What is kept when Markdown formatting is removed?
Plain text preserves content, with simple separators in place of visual styling.
Headings, prose, and lists
Document text remains in reading order without Markdown formatting markers.
- Heading text stays; # markers and underline-style heading syntax are removed
- Bold, italic, and strikethrough keep their words without formatting delimiters
- Blockquotes keep their text without the > prefix
- List bullets and numbering are removed; items stay on separate lines with nested indentation
- Task lists use ☑ and ☐ to retain the checked or unchecked state
Links, images, and tables
Content that normally relies on rich rendering gets a text representation.
- Inline and reference links keep their labels; destination URLs are optional
- Bare URLs remain as text, without a second copy of the address
- Images keep their alt text; image files are not downloaded or embedded
- Table rows use newlines and cells use tabs; alignment separators are removed
- HTML tags are removed while readable text is kept; script and style content is omitted
Code, formulas, and limits
TXT output is intended for reading and reuse, with no document styling.
- Inline code keeps its literal text without surrounding backticks
- Fenced code keeps its source without fences or a language label
- Math keeps its LaTeX source without the surrounding math delimiters
- Mermaid blocks keep diagram source rather than rendering an image
- Fonts, colors, images, and visual page layout are not part of a TXT file
When a plain text version is useful
Move the words into a workflow that does not understand Markdown.
Clean up AI responses
Remove bold markers and heading syntax from a ChatGPT answer before pasting it into an email, message, or business system with a plain text field.
Share documentation
Turn a Markdown README or guide into text for a support ticket or email. Keep link URLs when readers need references outside a Markdown viewer.
Prepare text for reuse
Extract readable content from Markdown notes for editing, translation, text comparison, or an AI prompt. Review the output before using it in another workflow.
Save notes as TXT
Create a UTF-8 text file you can open in a basic text editor. Unicode text and emoji remain text, without requiring a Markdown preview application.
Markdown to text FAQ
Practical answers about removing formatting and exporting TXT files.
How do I convert Markdown to text?
Paste Markdown into the source panel or open an .md file. The plain text result appears automatically. Copy it to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file.
Is this Markdown to text converter free?
Yes. You can paste Markdown, open files, copy plain text, and download TXT without creating an account. Files must be 10MB or smaller.
Is renaming an .md file to .txt enough?
Renaming changes the extension but leaves Markdown characters in the file. This converter reads the Markdown and removes its formatting syntax, so a heading such as # Notes becomes Notes in the output.
Can I remove Markdown formatting from ChatGPT text?
Yes. Paste the Markdown answer to remove heading markers, bold and italic delimiters, and code fences. The actual words and code content remain available for copying into a plain text field.
What happens to links and images?
Links keep their display text by default. Enable Keep link URLs in the text to append each destination in parentheses. Images contribute their alt text; the tool does not embed images or extract text from the image itself.
Does it preserve tables and code blocks?
Table cell contents are kept in rows with tabs between cells. Code blocks keep their source, including indentation and blank lines, while code fences are removed. TXT output does not include table borders or syntax highlighting.
Is my Markdown sent to a server?
No conversion server receives your Markdown through this tool. Conversion runs locally in your browser, including when you open a file. Copying and TXT download also happen in the browser.
Should I choose text, HTML, Word, or PDF output?
Choose plain text when you need the words without rich formatting. Choose HTML for a web page, Word for an editable document with styling, or PDF for a document with a fixed visual layout. The related tools below offer those formats.