Convert PDF to Markdown Online Free: Clean MD Output
Convert text-based PDFs to clean Markdown: headings, lists, emphasis, and code blocks.
Convert reports, documentation, and articles from PDF to Markdown ready for wikis, README files, static-site generators, or LLM pipelines. The converter reconstructs paragraphs from the page layout, detects heading levels, keeps bold and italic emphasis, turns bullets and numbered lines into Markdown lists, fences monospace code, and even repairs words hyphenated across line breaks. All in your browser.
How to Use It
- Upload your PDF and wait for the local preview to load.
- Adjust the settings: Adjust the available settings and run the tool locally in your browser.
- Download the result: Download the processed file directly to your device.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of PDFs convert best to Markdown?
Digitally created, text-based PDFs. Reports, documentation, articles, ebooks. The converter reads the selectable text layer, so anything you can highlight in a PDF viewer converts. Scanned PDFs have no text layer and need OCR first.
How are headings and formatting detected?
Headings come from font-size tiers relative to the document's body size, bold and italic from the embedded font names, bullets and numbered lines become Markdown lists, and monospace text is grouped into fenced code blocks. Words hyphenated across line breaks are joined back together.
Why do I get an error about scanned PDFs?
Scanned pages are just images. There is no selectable text to convert. Run the document through an OCR tool first to add a text layer, then convert the OCRed PDF to Markdown.
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. PDF to Markdown runs entirely in your browser using pdf.js. For supported workflows, file contents are not uploaded for processing; site analytics and the assistant are separate.