Free Markdown to Plain Text Converter
Free, privacy-first Markdown to Plain Text converter that removes all formatting and extracts clean text content from Markdown documents.
Settings
Features
Everything you need for clean text extraction.
Privacy First
No data is ever sent to our servers. All processing happens in your browser.
Real-time Conversion
Instantly see your Markdown converted to plain text as you type.
AI Content Friendly
Perfect for cleaning up content generated by AI tools like ChatGPT and others.
MD File Upload
Supports uploading .md files to convert to plain text.
Clean Formatting
Removes all Markdown syntax including bold, italics, headers, links, and more.
URL Removal
Optionally remove URLs from links while preserving link text.
How It Works
A simple and intuitive workflow.
1. Input Markdown
Paste or upload your Markdown content and configure settings like line break preservation and URL removal.
2. Convert
See your Markdown instantly converted to clean plain text with all formatting removed.
3. Copy or Download
Copy the clean plain text or download it as a .txt file for use anywhere.
Conversion Example
See how your Markdown becomes clean plain text.
Markdown Input
## Meeting Notes 🚀
- **Goal:** Finalize Q3 roadmap.
- **Action Item:** [Submit proposal](https://example.com) by Friday.
- **Reminder:** Don't forget the team lunch! 🍕
### Next Steps
1. Review the documentation
2. Send feedback to team
3. Schedule follow-up meetingPlain Text Output
Meeting Notes
Goal: Finalize Q3 roadmap.
Action Item: Submit proposal by Friday.
Reminder: Don't forget the team lunch!
Next Steps
1. Review the documentation
2. Send feedback to team
3. Schedule follow-up meetingUse Cases
How you can use our tool.
AI-Generated Content
Clean up content from AI tools like ChatGPT for use in plain text applications.
Text Analysis
Extract clean text for content analysis, keyword extraction, and natural language processing.
Document Processing
Convert formatted documents to plain text for use in legacy systems or email clients.
Email & Messaging
Extract clean text content from formatted Markdown for emails and messaging platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? We've got answers.
Yes, 100%. Your privacy is our top priority. All Markdown conversion and processing happens directly in your browser. No data, text, or files are ever sent to our servers. Everything stays on your computer.
This tool is built with modern web technologies and works best on the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. We do not support Internet Explorer.
The converter removes all Markdown formatting syntax including asterisks, hashtags, brackets, backticks, underscores, and other special characters. It preserves only the actual text content.
Absolutely! This tool is perfect for cleaning up content generated by AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and others. Just paste the Markdown from the AI, and you'll get clean plain text ready for any use.
Since all processing is done in your browser, the main limitation is your browser's own memory capacity. For typical Markdown files, even very large ones, you should not experience any issues. However, extremely large files (hundreds of megabytes) might affect performance.
Plain text is text that contains no formatting information such as bold, italics, headers, links, or other styling. It consists only of characters, spaces, and basic punctuation, making it universally compatible and readable by any text editor or application.
Converting Markdown to plain text is useful when you need to extract just the content without any formatting for tasks like creating summaries, analyzing text, copying to applications that don't support Markdown, or ensuring maximum compatibility across different systems.
Yes, the converter preserves paragraph structure and line breaks to maintain readability. You can choose whether to keep single line breaks or merge them into single paragraphs.