PDF to Markdown | Free PDF to MD Converter

PDF to Markdown converter that keeps headings, lists, links and simple tables from your PDF's text layer. Read in your browser, never uploaded. Free.

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PDF File

Drop a text-based PDF here, or click to browse

Up to 200 MB. The file is read in your browser and never uploaded. Scanned PDFs need OCR first.

Options

Pages

Detect headings from font sizeRemove repeated headers, footers and page numbersJoin words hyphenated at line endsDetect simple tablesAdd  markers

Images and vector graphics are not extracted. Right-to-left text is kept in the order the PDF stores it.

Markdown Output

Open a PDF that has a text layer, or press Load Example. The converter rebuilds headings from font sizes, bullet and numbered lists, bold and italic, code blocks from monospace text, links and simple tables, and it drops running headers and page numbers.

About PDF to Markdown

Use this PDF to Markdown converter to turn a text-based PDF into clean Markdown for a docs repo, a wiki or an LLM pipeline. It rebuilds headings from font sizes, lists, bold and italic, code blocks, links and simple tables, and drops repeated page headers and footers. Scanned PDFs need OCR first.

Key Features

Headings from font sizes, plus short bold section titles that stand alone on a line
Bullet, numbered and nested lists, with code blocks from monospace text
Links from the PDF's link annotations, plus bold and italic spans
Simple grid tables become GitHub-flavored Markdown pipe tables
Repeated headers, footers and page numbers removed, and hyphenated line breaks joined
Two-column pages read one column at a time, with page range and optional page markers

Use Cases

Prepare a SOC 2 policy or an employee handbook PDF for a RAG pipeline or an LLM prompt
Move a vendor API spec from PDF into a docs repo on GitHub
Turn a federal regulation or a 10-K excerpt into searchable Markdown notes
Convert a conference paper into notes for Obsidian or Notion
Pull the text out of an RFC or a standards PDF before diffing two versions

Supported Formats

PDF with a text layer

Up to 200 MB

One and two column pages

Password-protected PDFs (with the password)

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Why is my PDF coming out empty?

A scanned PDF is a stack of page images with no text layer, so there is no text to extract. Run it through the Image to Text tool (OCR) first. Pictures and vector drawings are not extracted from text PDFs either, and a table drawn as an image stays an image.

Your PDF is not uploaded

The file is read in your browser and never sent to a server. The PDF.js library that reads it loads as a script from cdnjs.cloudflare.com the first time you convert, so that one request does go out; your document does not.

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Frequently asked questions

What is PDF to Markdown used for?

PDF to Markdown converter that keeps headings, lists, links and simple tables from your PDF's text layer. Read in your browser, never uploaded. Free.

Is PDF to Markdown free to use?

Yes. PDF to Markdown is completely free with no usage limits, and there is no paid tier required to use it.

Do I need an account to use PDF to Markdown?

No. PDF to Markdown works immediately in your browser with no signup, login, or email address required.

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