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PDF to Markdown

Get clean, structured text out of PDFs for documentation, note-taking apps or language models.

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What is PDF to Markdown?

PDF to Markdown converts a PDF's text into Markdown, a lightweight plain-text format with headings, lists and emphasis.

How to use PDF to Markdown

1
Choose your PDF.
2
Decide whether to keep page separators.
3
Click Convert to Markdown, preview and download the .md file.

Features

Headings from font sizes
Bullet and numbered lists
Hyphenated line breaks re-joined
Preview before download

Supported formats

PDF
MD

Maximum file size: 100 MB per file.

Practical uses

Import documents into Notion, Obsidian or a wiki.
Prepare text for AI assistants.
Convert manuals into docs-as-code.

Limitations

Tables and multi-column layouts are converted to plain paragraphs.
Scanned PDFs need OCR first.

Frequently asked questions

What is Markdown?

A plain-text format where # marks headings and - marks list items. It's readable as-is and converts easily to HTML.