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Markdown Stripper — Convert Markdown to Plain Text

Remove Markdown syntax and get clean, readable plain text — ideal for pasting AI answers into places that don't render Markdown.

Markdown Stripper

🔒 Nothing you enter is sent anywhere or stored. All processing happens in your browser.

How it works

Markdown is wonderful for writing, but sometimes you need the words without the symbols: pasting into a plain-text email, a spreadsheet cell, a CMS field that does not understand Markdown, or a text-to-speech tool that would read “hash hash” out loud. Copying rendered Markdown source directly leaves you with a mess of asterisks, brackets, and pound signs.

This stripper walks through the text and removes each piece of Markdown syntax while preserving the content it wrapped. Headings lose their leading #, **bold** and _italic_ keep their words, `code` and fenced blocks lose their backticks but keep the code, links like [text](url) collapse to just the text, images become their alt text or vanish, blockquotes and list markers are unindented, and horizontal rules disappear.

You can choose whether images are dropped entirely or reduced to their alt text. It updates live as you type and runs completely in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and even long documents convert instantly.

Examples

## Getting Started → Getting Started with the heading marker removed.
See the [docs](https://example.com) for more. → See the docs for more.
A bullet list with - item one and - item two → clean lines without the dashes.
**Important:** read this → Important: read this with the bold stripped.

What gets stripped

MarkdownExample inputPlain-text output
Heading## OverviewOverview
Bold / italic**bold** and *italic*bold and italic
Link[our docs](https://example.com)our docs
Inline code`config.json`config.json
List item- First pointFirst point
Blockquote> A quoted lineA quoted line

The goal is faithful plain text: the words stay, the syntax goes. This is the fastest way to move a formatted AI answer into a plain-text destination — an email, a tweet, a text field, or a system that would otherwise show the raw ** and # characters.

Frequently asked questions

Does it convert Markdown to HTML?
No. It removes Markdown syntax to produce plain text. If you want rendered HTML instead, use a Markdown-to-HTML converter.
What happens to links?
The visible link text is kept and the URL in parentheses is removed. So [Google](https://google.com) becomes simply Google.
Are code blocks preserved?
The code inside fenced blocks and inline spans is kept intact; only the backtick fences and markers are stripped, so your snippets remain readable.
Can I keep image descriptions?
Yes. Untick the image option and each image is replaced by its alt text instead of being removed entirely.
Is my content private?
Yes. The conversion runs locally in your browser and nothing is transmitted to a server.
What does the Markdown stripper remove?
It removes Markdown syntax while keeping the readable text: heading hashes (#), bold and italic markers (** and *), inline code and code fences (` and ```), link syntax (keeping the link text), images, blockquote markers (>), list bullets and numbers, and horizontal rules.
Why would I need to strip Markdown?
AI chatbots reply in Markdown, which looks great in the chat window but pastes as literal **asterisks** and # symbols into email, Word, social posts, form fields, or a CMS that doesn't render Markdown. Stripping it gives clean text you can paste anywhere.
Does it keep the link addresses?
By design it keeps the visible link text and drops the surrounding syntax. If you need the raw URLs, you can use the URL extractor tool instead.
Is this the same as converting Markdown to HTML?
No — the opposite. This produces plain text with no formatting at all. To turn Markdown into rendered HTML, use the Markdown to HTML converter.
Does my text leave my device?
No. Stripping runs entirely in your browser.