Which HTML elements are converted?

Headings (h1–h6), paragraphs, bold and italic, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, inline code and pre/code blocks, horizontal rules, and tables. Unknown tags are unwrapped so their text content survives.

How does it parse the HTML safely?

It uses the browser's built-in DOMParser to read the HTML into a document tree, then walks that tree to emit markdown. Nothing is executed — scripts and styles are stripped, not run.

Can it convert nested lists?

Yes. Nested `ul` and `ol` elements are indented correctly so sub-items become indented markdown bullets or numbers under their parent.

What about messy HTML from a rich-text paste?

Word, Google Docs, and CMS pastes add a lot of wrapper spans and inline styles. The walker ignores styling attributes and unwraps non-semantic containers, so you get clean markdown rather than a tangle of span noise.

Can I round-trip back to HTML?

Yes — pair it with the Markdown to HTML converter. Common elements survive a round trip cleanly, though exotic inline styling that markdown cannot express will be dropped.

HTML → Markdown Converter

HTML to markdown

The web is HTML, but your notes, READMEs, and LLM prompts want markdown. When you copy a rich-text block, scrape a page, or get HTML back from a model, you need it as clean markdown — real ## headings and - bullets, not a wall of <div> and <span>. This converter parses the HTML in your browser and emits tidy markdown.

How it works

The tool feeds your HTML into the browser’s native DOMParser, producing a document tree, then recursively walks that tree. Each element maps to its markdown equivalent — <h2> becomes ##, <strong> becomes **, <li> becomes -, <table> becomes a pipe table — while <script> and <style> are dropped and unknown tags are unwrapped so their text survives.

<h2>Title</h2>            ->  ## Title
<a href="x">link</a>      ->  [link](x)
<ul><li>one</li></ul>     ->  - one

Tips and notes

Messy pastes from Word or Google Docs carry a lot of inline-style noise; the walker ignores styling attributes, so the markdown stays clean. Nested lists indent correctly. For the reverse direction use the Markdown to HTML converter, and to pull just the data out of HTML tables, the Markdown Table Extractor pairs well once you’ve converted.