Documents conversion
Convert HTML to Markdown
Updated Jul 2026
HTML is the code that makes up a web page, and Markdown is the plain-text formatting used in docs, READMEs, and notes. To convert HTML to Markdown, run the file through a converter that keeps the headings, links, and lists and drops the styling and scripts. Doing it on your own computer means the page's content never leaves your machine.
- Extension
- .html
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Web pages
- Extension
- .md
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Docs, READMEs, notes
Convert HTML to Markdown on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert HTML to Markdown
- Open Morphjet and drag in the HTML file, or a whole folder of saved pages, that you want to convert.
- Choose Markdown as the output format.
- Convert. The Markdown files are written next to your originals, and nothing leaves your machine.
HTML vs Markdown: what actually changes
| HTML | Markdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Readable as plain text | No, cluttered with tags | Yes, clean and readable even unrendered |
| File size | Larger, tags and markup add overhead | Smaller, plain text only |
| Rich formatting (fonts, colors, layout) | Yes, full control | No, only basic structure like headers, bold, and lists |
| Scripts and interactive elements | Yes, supported | No, dropped on conversion |
| Easy to edit by hand | Awkward, tags get in the way | Yes, it's just text |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert HTML to Markdown when you're pulling a web page or document into a wiki, README, or note-taking app that expects plain text, or when you want to keep an article's content without the surrounding page clutter.
Keep the HTML if you need the page's exact look, layout, or interactive elements, because Markdown only carries over the basic structure and text.
Why not just use an online converter?
Saved web pages can carry tracking scripts, embedded analytics, or session details from whatever site you were logged into. Sending that file to an online converter means all of it, tags included, lands on someone else's server. Converting on your own computer keeps the page's content, and whatever it was quietly carrying, on your machine.
Questions
Does converting HTML to Markdown lose anything?
Yes. Headings, links, lists, and images carry over, but styling, scripts, and exact layout don't. Markdown isn't built to reproduce a page's visual design, only its content.
Will the Markdown file keep the images and links?
Yes, as Markdown syntax pointing to the same image and link locations. The images themselves aren't copied in, just referenced, the same way they were in the HTML.
Can I convert a whole folder of saved pages at once?
Yes. Point Morphjet at a folder of HTML files and it converts each one to its own Markdown file. It doesn't crawl a live website for you, though, only files you already have.
Why convert HTML to Markdown instead of keeping the web page?
Markdown is plain text, so it's easier to read, search, edit, and track changes to, which is why READMEs, docs, and note apps use it instead of raw HTML.
Can this be done without uploading the file anywhere?
Yes. Morphjet runs locally on your Mac or Windows computer, so the HTML never travels over the internet. You could even turn off your wifi first.
Morphjet converts HTML, Markdown, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.