PDF to Markdown
Convert a PDF into clean Markdown — great for notes, documentation, or feeding into an LLM. This tool analyzes the size and position of text on each page to automatically detect headings, bullet and numbered lists, links, and simple tables, and reconstructs them as proper Markdown syntax instead of a flat wall of text. It's a layout-based, best-effort conversion, so complex tables or unusual designs may need light cleanup afterward.
- Free — no sign-up
- Private — runs in your browser
- Instant results
How to use the PDF to Markdown
- 1Select a PDF. Choose the PDF you want to convert to Markdown.
- 2Convert to Markdown. The tool analyzes each page's layout in your browser.
- 3Copy or download. Preview the result, then copy it or download a .md file.
Frequently asked questions
How are headings detected?
Lines of text in a noticeably larger font than the page's typical body text are treated as headings — bigger text becomes a higher-level heading (# down to ###).
Will tables always convert correctly?
Only when a consistent multi-column pattern is detected across several consecutive lines — complex tables may need light manual cleanup, since layout-based table detection is inherently a best-effort process.
Why is Markdown better than plain text for an LLM?
Markdown preserves structure — headings, lists, and links — as lightweight syntax that a model can parse reliably, unlike an undifferentiated block of extracted plain text.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
No — scanned PDFs have no positioned text to analyze. Run OCR PDF first, then convert the recognized text.
Learn more
What optical character recognition actually does, why it's slower than other conversions, and how to get the most accurate result.
How heading, list, and table detection works when converting a PDF to Markdown, and why Markdown is a better LLM input than raw text.