Convert a PDF to Markdown
Turn a PDF's text into clean Markdown with headings, lists and tables kept, ready for notes, docs or a website. Free preview.
This preview shows the first 350 words and does not keep your file.
Copying text out of a PDF gives you broken lines, stray page numbers and no structure. Markdown is the format that notes apps, documentation sites and static pages want. This tool reads the PDF's text and rebuilds its structure: headings become headings, lists become lists, tables become tables, and the wording is left exactly as it was. Page numbers and running headers are removed.
What you get
Structure rebuilt
Headings, lists and tables are recognised and written as Markdown.
Wording untouched
This is conversion, not summarising: the text stays as written.
Clean text
Page numbers, running headers and hyphenation breaks are removed.
How it works
- Step 1
Drop a PDF or paste its text.
- Step 2
Copy or download the Markdown.
- Step 3
Create a free account for long documents and to publish as a web page.
Who uses it
Writers
Move a PDF draft into your notes app.
Developers
Turn a PDF spec into docs you can version in Git.
Teams
Publish an internal PDF as a readable page.
Questions
Does it keep images?
The preview converts text. Pictures are handled in your account.
Does it work for scanned PDFs?
Scans need OCR, included with a free account.
Can I turn the Markdown into a web page?
Yes, with the Markdown to HTML tool.
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See it on real examples
Three actual runs of this tool. Open one to see the input and the whole result.