PDF to Markdown
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Compare free and paid accessExtract readable headings, paragraphs, and tables as Markdown.
Bring extracted headings, prose and tables into a Markdown editor or documentation workflow without copying the PDF page by page.
Markdown cannot preserve arbitrary page design. Check heading levels, reading order and table boundaries, especially on scans and multi-column documents.
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What it does
PDF to Markdown pulls the headings, paragraphs, lists and tables out of a PDF and writes them as a single Markdown file. Headings become # lines, lists stay as lists and simple tables become pipe tables. You can open the result in the built-in viewer, copy it, or download the .md file.
When to use it
It suits people who keep notes or documentation in Markdown: a README, a wiki, Obsidian, a static site or a docs repo. It is also a quick way to hand clean text to another tool that reads Markdown better than PDF.
How to use PDF to Markdown
- Sign in with an account that has Premium access.
- Upload .pdf file. Each file can be up to 50 MB.
- Review the available settings and choose a 1, 7 or 30-day retention period, or Delete now to keep the result for just an hour.
- Start the job, then download and check the result before its retention period ends.
Before you start
Markdown cannot preserve arbitrary page design. Check heading levels, reading order and table boundaries, especially on scans and multi-column documents.
Markdown has no idea of page layout, so columns, colours and exact spacing are gone. Headings sometimes land one level too high or too low.
Processing limits
Up to 50 MB per input; one input per job. PDF limit: 2000 pages. Up to 2 active jobs per account. Output limit: 1000 MB. Renderer limits can reject especially large pages or images.
Example result
Headings, both tables and the bullet list come through as Markdown. Compare the output with the source.
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Example details & evidence
Text view of the actual Markdown output from the two-page report. Check headings, the budget table and the bullet list against the source.
Examples use synthetic files, not customer documents. Generation notes and SHA-256 hashes.
Common questions
Are images included?
No. Markdown output carries the text and tables. Pictures from the PDF are not written into the file.
Can I convert a scanned PDF?
A scan needs OCR first. Use Scanned PDF to Markdown with OCR for pages that are only images.
How are wide tables handled?
They are written as pipe tables. Very wide or nested tables can be hard to read in plain Markdown, so check them in a preview.
Can I upload more than one file?
This tool takes one PDF per job, which keeps each Markdown file tied to one source.