PDF to Markdown Converter
Extract PDF text into Markdown, then copy or download the .md file.
MD PDF Markdown Converter
Extract readable PDF text into Markdown page sections.
About this tool
When a PDF's content needs to live somewhere else; a wiki, a README, a notes app, a static site; retyping is miserable and copy-paste from a PDF reader mangles line breaks. This converter extracts the text and structures it as Markdown, with a heading per page so long documents stay navigable, ready to paste into anything that speaks Markdown.
Text extraction does not preserve multi-column layouts, tables used for positioning, fonts or decorative formatting. The words remain editable, and parsing happens in your browser.
How to use it
- Upload a PDF that contains real text (not a scan).
- Let the converter extract and format the text with page headings.
- Copy the Markdown to your clipboard or download it as a .md file.
- Paste into your editor and clean up whatever structure matters to you.
Tips
- Check whether the PDF has extractable text first: try selecting text in any reader. If you can't select it, it's a scan and there's nothing to extract without OCR.
- Multi-column PDFs extract in reading-order surprises sometimes; skim the output against the original before relying on it.
- Just need raw text with no formatting at all? The TXT converter is the simpler tool for that.
FAQs
Will the Markdown match the PDF's formatting?
The text arrives with page headings for navigation; visual design; columns, fonts, tables-as-layout; does not survive text extraction in any tool. Expect to redo structural formatting by hand.
Why did my PDF produce empty output?
This usually means the pages are scanned images with no embedded text. Use OCR software for those files.
Can I convert part of a document?
Extract the whole document, then cut what you need in your editor; or remove unneeded pages first with the page editor and convert the trimmed copy.
Is the document's text sent anywhere during extraction?
No. Parsing happens locally in your browser.