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PDF to Markdown

Turn a PDF into Markdown with its headings, lists and paragraphs in place, ready for your notes app, docs or AI tools. It runs on your device first.

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PDF to Markdown at a glance

PDF to Markdown is a free tool that turns a PDF into Markdown, plain text with simple marks for headings and lists that notes apps, docs sites and AI tools read easily. The conversion runs on your device and keeps headings, lists and paragraphs. An optional AI clean-up is coming soon.

Limits · Files up to 1 GB each · One file at a time · Free and unlimited, no account needed

How to use PDF to Markdown

  1. Choose your PDF

    Pick a file or drop it on the page. Conversion starts in your browser.

  2. Convert to Markdown

    Get headings, lists and paragraphs as Markdown. Turn on AI clean-up if tables or headings look off.

  3. Save your file

    Download the Markdown file and open it in your notes app, editor or docs tool.

What PDF to Markdown does

Converting a PDF to Markdown means turning its content into plain text with simple marks for headings and lists, a format notes apps, docs sites and AI tools read easily. Wispdf does the basic conversion on your device and keeps headings, lists and paragraphs. An optional AI clean-up uses AI credits to restore tricky headings and tables.

People use it to

  • Move a PDF staff handbook into your notes app so you can link and search it
  • Give an AI assistant a report as clean Markdown instead of a messy paste
  • Turn a vendor's PDF manual into pages for your team's internal wiki

What's included

On your device first

Basic conversion runs in your browser. For very large or tricky files, we ask before using our servers.

Structure kept

Headings, lists and paragraphs come through as proper Markdown, ready to paste or publish.

Optional AI clean-up

Restores tricky headings and tables using AI credits. We send the text, not the file.

Ready for AI tools

Markdown is easy for AI assistants and notes apps to read, so your content arrives tidy.

Where your file goes

PDF to Markdown runs on your device first, and for very large or tricky files we may ask before using our servers. If you choose AI clean-up, we send the text, not the file, and it is never used for training.

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Questions about PDF to Markdown

Is PDF to Markdown free?
Yes. Basic PDF to Markdown conversion is free and unlimited, with no account needed. The optional AI clean-up uses AI credits: 1 AI task a day without an account, 30 credits a day with a free account, and 1,500 a month on Pro. You only spend credits when you choose to run the clean-up.
Does PDF to Markdown upload my PDF?
Not for basic conversion. PDF to Markdown runs on your device first, so the file stays in your browser. For very large or unusual files we may offer our servers, and we always ask first. If you turn on AI clean-up, we send the text, not the file, and it is never used for training.
Does PDF to Markdown keep tables?
Basic conversion in PDF to Markdown focuses on headings, lists and paragraphs. Tables, and headings styled in unusual ways, are where the optional AI clean-up helps. It uses AI credits to rebuild them as proper Markdown. Check the result against the original, especially any numbers inside tables.
Why convert a PDF to Markdown for AI tools?
AI assistants follow a document more easily when its structure is clear. Pasting straight from a PDF often brings broken lines and loses the headings. PDF to Markdown hands the assistant clean headings, lists and paragraphs instead, so it can tell sections apart and you spend less time fixing the paste.
Can I use PDF to Markdown on a Chromebook or phone?
Yes. PDF to Markdown runs in any modern browser on Chromebook, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android. There is nothing to install. Since basic conversion happens on the device itself, a phone handles smaller PDFs than a computer does.
Can I convert a scanned PDF to Markdown?
A scanned PDF holds pictures of pages, so there is no text for PDF to Markdown to work with yet. Run the file through OCR PDF first to recognize the words, then bring the new file back to PDF to Markdown. OCR PDF handles up to 10 pages in your browser for free.

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