HTML to Markdown

Styling and scripts have no Markdown equivalent and are discarded. This is what makes the conversion useful for feeding web pages to an LLM or a docs repo.

Runs in your browser // nothing is uploaded

Loading converter

What survives the conversion

Derived from what each format is able to store, not from what the conversion promises.

Kept

Headings and inline formatting
Links
Lists
Plain-text readability, which HTML could not store

Lost

Styling
Scripts
Tables

Settings used

Parsed as a DOM, walked, and emitted as CommonMark. Tables become pipe tables.

When not to convert

Not for a page whose layout matters. Markdown has no layout.

About these formats

Document

What is a Markdown file?

Markdown is a plain-text formatting syntax from 2004 designed to stay readable as source. It has become the default for documentation, READMEs, static sites and AI tooling, because it is unambiguous to parse, diffs cleanly in version control, and converts easily to HTML or PDF.

Read the format guide

Common questions

Does converting HTML to Markdown lose anything?

Yes. Styling, Scripts, Tables cannot be carried into Markdown and are dropped. Styling and scripts have no Markdown equivalent and are discarded. This is what makes the conversion useful for feeding web pages to an LLM or a docs repo.

Are my files uploaded when I convert HTML to Markdown?

No. The conversion runs in your browser tab, so the file is never transmitted and the page works offline once loaded.

What settings does Filoven use for HTML to Markdown?

Parsed as a DOM, walked, and emitted as CommonMark. Tables become pipe tables.

When should I not convert HTML to Markdown?

Not for a page whose layout matters. Markdown has no layout.

Related conversions

Markdown to HTML

Not if you need a styled standalone page. Convert to PDF instead.

Word to HTML

Not if you need the document to look exactly as it does in Word. Convert to PDF.

This page uses the HTML to Markdown, which handles other formats too.

Last updated 2026-08-03