Markdown to Plain Text
Paste Markdown and get clean plain text — headings, emphasis, links, code fences, tables, lists, and blockquotes removed. Runs entirely in your browser, no server, no sign-up.
About this tool
Markdown Stripper removes Markdown formatting from any text and returns clean, readable plain text. It parses your input as CommonMark (plus GitHub-flavored tables, strikethrough, task lists, and footnotes) and keeps the words while dropping the syntax — so you get exactly the visible content with none of the markup. Everything runs locally in your browser: nothing is uploaded.
It removes heading # markers, bold/italic/~~strikethrough~~ emphasis,
blockquote > markers, and horizontal rules. Code stays readable — the fences and
backticks go, but the code text inside is kept verbatim. Tables collapse to bare
cell text (cells joined by spaces, one row per line). You control how links and
images are handled, and whether list markers are preserved.
Worked example
Input Markdown:
# Weekly update
Shipped **login** and fixed the [signup bug](https://example.com/issues/42).
- Deploy on Friday
- `cargo test` is green
Plain-text output (defaults — keep link text, remove list markers, collapse blank lines):
Weekly update
Shipped login and fixed the signup bug.
Deploy on Friday
cargo test is green
Options
- Links — keep the visible link text (default), keep the URL, or keep both as
text (url). - Images — keep the image's alt text (default), or remove images entirely.
- Keep list markers — off by default (one item per line); turn it on to keep
-bullets and1.numbering. - Collapse blank lines — on by default (blocks separated by a single newline); turn it off to keep a blank line between blocks.
Limits
- The input is treated as Markdown, so a stray
#,*, or_in prose may be interpreted as formatting. This is the same behavior any Markdown renderer has. - LaTeX math is not converted to Unicode symbols — the text is passed through.
- Everything happens in-browser on a single paste; there is no file upload or server-side batch. Use Copy or Download for the result.
FAQ
Does it keep the text inside code blocks?
Yes. Only the fences (```) and inline backticks are removed — the code text
itself is preserved exactly, including its line breaks. This makes it safe for
cleaning up documentation or AI chat output without losing snippets.
What happens to links and images?
Links default to keeping the visible label and dropping the URL ([docs](…) →
docs). Switch Links to keep the URL instead, or to keep both as
docs (https://…). Images default to their alt text; set Images to Remove
images to drop them completely.
How are tables handled?
A Markdown table becomes bare cell text: the pipes and the --- separator row are
removed, each row is one line, and the cells in a row are joined by spaces. It is a
readable flattening, not a CSV export — use a dedicated Markdown-table-to-CSV tool
if you need columns.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The tool is compiled to WebAssembly and runs entirely in your browser. Your Markdown never leaves your device, so it is safe to paste private or unpublished content.
Developer & Automation Access
Run it from the terminal
Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:
gizza tool markdown-strip '# Weekly update
Shipped **login** and fixed the [signup bug](https://example.com/issues/42).
- Deploy on Friday
- `cargo test` is green'New to the CLI? Get gizza →
Open it by URL
Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:
https://gizza.ai/tools/markdown-strip/?text=%23%20Weekly%20update%0A%0AShipped%20%2A%2Alogin%2A%2A%20and%20fixed%20the%20%5Bsignup%20bug%5D%28https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fissues%2F42%29.%0A%0A-%20Deploy%20on%20Friday%0A-%20%60cargo%20test%60%20is%20green&links=text&images=alt&keep_list_markers=true&collapse_blank_lines=trueMachine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.