PDF to Markdown Converter
Convert PDF to Markdown free: headings from font sizes, paragraphs rejoined across lines and pages, lists, tables, bold, italic and code kept, headers and page numbers dropped. Runs in your browser; nothing uploaded.
Drop a PDF here
or use Open above. It stays on your computer.
How it works
Drop your PDF
Drop a PDF or click to choose one. It is read in your browser and shown as it will read.
Check the preview
The document appears beside it, with the Markdown underneath.
Download the Markdown
Clean GitHub-flavoured Markdown: # headings, *bold*, lists, tables and fenced code. Pictures go in an images folder beside it (as a ZIP), or inline if you prefer. Nothing is uploaded at any point.
PDF to Markdown converter: free and online
Convert PDF to markdown in your browser: drop in a PDF file and download the Markdown. The file is converted on your own device and never uploaded, so this pdf to markdown converter is safe for private and confidential files.
PDF is the document format that looks the same everywhere, and can hold vector shapes as well as text and pictures. Markdown is plain text with simple marks for headings, lists and links.
Headings, paragraphs, lists and links carry across, and the text stays real, selectable text.
More conversions from PDF: PDF to SVG, PDF to DXF, PDF to SVG, PDF to PLT, PDF to Stencil, PDF to Word.
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Why it matters
What it reads
The text of every page in reading order, with headings recognised from their size, lists from their bullets, paragraphs joined across line ends and hyphenated words rejoined. Scanned PDFs (pictures of pages) have no text to read.
What you get
Clean GitHub-flavoured Markdown: # headings, *bold*, lists, tables and fenced code. Pictures go in an images folder beside it (as a ZIP), or inline if you prefer.
Nothing uploaded
Your document never leaves this tab: it is read and written by your browser, so private reports, books and emails stay private.
Questions
Is my PDF file uploaded anywhere?
No. The pdf to markdown conversion runs in your browser, on your own device. The file never leaves it.
How do I convert PDF to Markdown?
Drop the file on this page, check the preview, and press Download Markdown. The conversion runs in your browser in a second or two.
Which Markdown is written?
GitHub-flavoured Markdown: # headings, *bold, italic*, ~~strike-through~~, lists, task lists, tables with alignment and fenced code blocks. It reads the same on GitHub, Obsidian, Notion and in static site generators.
What happens to pictures?
They are saved as files in an images folder and linked from the Markdown, with both in a ZIP. Tick "Pictures inside the Markdown" to keep a single .md file with the pictures embedded instead.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
A scanned PDF is pictures of pages with no text in it, so there is nothing to read; you would need OCR first. PDFs made from Word, a browser or a typesetting program have text and convert well.
Is my file uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser, so the file never reaches a server. It works offline once the page has loaded.