PDF to Markdown

Turn a PDF into clean Markdown with headings, lists, bold text and tables – ready for notes, docs and AI tools.

🔒 Your files are processed on your device and never uploaded.

PDF to Markdown at a glance

Price: Free
Account: Not needed
Watermark: None
Privacy: Files are processed inside your browser and are never uploaded.
Works on: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone – in any modern browser
Install: Nothing to install

Headings foundBigger text becomes #, ## and ### headings.

Lists and tablesBullets, numbered lists and aligned columns are kept.

No clutterRepeated headers, footers and page numbers are skipped.

How to use PDF to Markdown

Press Select PDF file.
Choose whether to mark page breaks and skip headers and footers.
Press Convert, then copy the Markdown or download the .md file.

Where to use Markdown

Markdown is plain text with simple marks for structure. It works in GitHub, Notion, Obsidian, many blogs and documentation sites, and it is the best way to give a long document to an AI chatbot without losing its headings and lists.

Why Markdown?

Clean text with headings and lists for GitHub, Notion, Obsidian, blogs and documentation.
Ideal input for ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools – they read Markdown structure better than raw PDF text.

Tips

Headings are recognised from font size, lists from bullets and numbers, bold and italic from the font.
Tables become Markdown tables where columns are clear.
To make a PDF from Markdown use Markdown to PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes – free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit.

Are images included?

No – Markdown files contain text. Use Extract Images from PDF to save the pictures separately.

Does it work with scanned PDFs?

Run OCR PDF first so the pages contain real text, then convert.

Is my file uploaded?

No. The file is opened and converted inside your browser on your own phone or computer and is never sent to our server.

Guides for this tool

Ebooks & Writing"Markdown to PDF: Write in Plain Text, Get a Beautiful Document"

Learn the basics of Markdown in five minutes and turn notes, guides and README files into clean, well-formatted PDFs with headings, lists, tables and code.

9 min read