Convert any web page to clean Markdown.
Paste a URL and get the article as Markdown — headings, links, lists, tables and code blocks preserved. No copy-paste, no signup.
Your files are never stored: documents convert in your browser where possible, and anything sent to our AI travels encrypted (HTTPS) and is discarded after processing. Privacy Policy
Turning a web page into Markdown by hand means fighting navigation menus, cookie banners and inline styles. CleanMD fetches the page, keeps the readable content — headings with correct H1/H2/H3 hierarchy, links, lists, tables, code blocks — and drops the chrome. The conversion itself runs in your browser and nothing is stored: the server only fetches the page on your behalf.
Working with related formats? See also HTML to Markdown, YouTube to Markdown, PDF to Markdown.
What happens when you paste a link
Pasting a URL looks like the simplest way in, and most of the time it is. The work is the same as for an HTML file: find the article inside the page, keep its headings and code, drop the menus and banners. The difference is that someone has to fetch the page first.
Our server downloads only the HTML of the page, the way a browser would before running any script, and passes it back to your browser, where the conversion happens. The server never sees the Markdown. Pages heavier than 3 MB of HTML are refused, and addresses on private networks are blocked, so the fetcher can't be pointed at internal systems.
Redirects are followed for up to three hops, and each new address goes through the same checks as the first one, so a short link that points somewhere private gets stopped as well.
Because the page is fetched without your cookies, you get what a visitor who isn't logged in would see. Articles behind a paywall or a login come back as the teaser or the login form. Sites that build their content with JavaScript after loading can also come back nearly empty, since no script is run. For those cases, save the page from your browser as HTML and convert the file instead.
Web pages count toward the same 3 free conversions a day as files, with no account needed. Headings, lists, tables, links and code blocks are kept, and forms on documentation pages are converted as content rather than deleted, which matters for style guides and API references.
How it works
- 1Paste the page URL in the converter above and press Enter.
- 2The page is fetched and its readable content is converted client-side, boilerplate dropped.
- 3Preview the Markdown with correct heading hierarchy, then copy it or download the .md file.
Before and after
[Navbar: Home · Blog · About] Shipping faster with checklists Published 12 May · 6 min read Every release used to take us a full day... What changed • A one-page checklist per release • One owner per step [Footer · Cookie banner · Newsletter popup]
# Shipping faster with checklists Every release used to take us a full day... ## What changed - A one-page checklist per release - One owner per step
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with any website?
It works with public pages that serve their content as HTML. Pages behind logins or paywalls, and apps that render everything with JavaScript, can't be fetched — for those, save the page as an .html file and convert it directly.
Is the page content stored on your servers?
No. The server only fetches the page and hands the HTML to your browser, where the conversion runs. Nothing is stored after the conversion.
Are headings, tables and code blocks preserved?
Yes — that's our specialty. Heading hierarchy (H1/H2/H3) is preserved, tables become real Markdown tables, and code blocks stay fenced.
Can I convert YouTube videos?
Yes, with the dedicated YouTube to Markdown converter (Premium): it transcribes the video into timestamped chapters. This tool converts regular web pages (articles, docs, blog posts).
Is URL to Markdown free?
Yes. Web pages convert on the free tier with no account, and they count toward the same 3 conversions a day as files. Pages heavier than 3 MB of HTML can't be converted.