Google Docs to Markdown Converter
Paste the link to a shared Google Doc and get clean Markdown with headings, formatting, links, nested lists, tables and footnotes. No add-on or download needed.
- 100% free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
The document must be shared as "Anyone with the link".
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Moving content from Google Docs to Markdown
Many teams draft in Google Docs and publish from Markdown: a blog built on a static site generator, a GitHub README, a docs site or a notes app. Copying and pasting loses formatting or brings across messy styles. This converter reads the document's HTML export and rebuilds it as tidy Markdown.
What happens behind the scenes
- Google's generated CSS classes are read so bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace text survive.
- Tracking redirects on links are removed.
- Nested bullet and numbered lists, which Google exports as flat lists, are nested again.
- Footnotes become Markdown footnotes ([^1]) and comments are dropped.
Tips
Use Google Docs' built-in heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2) rather than large bold text, so they become real Markdown headings. Formatting inside table cells is reduced to plain text, because Markdown tables only hold one line of simple content per cell.
How it works
How to use it
- Step 1
Share the doc
In Google Docs, open Share and set General access to "Anyone with the link". Viewer access is enough.
- Step 2
Paste the link
Copy the document's link from the address bar or the Share dialog and paste it here.
- Step 3
Copy the Markdown
Headings, bold, italic, links, lists, tables, images and footnotes are converted. Copy the result or download a .md file.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Answers to common questions about the Google Docs to Markdown.
The converter can only read documents that anyone with the link can view. In Google Docs, click Share, change General access from Restricted to "Anyone with the link" and try again. You can switch it back to Restricted once you have your Markdown.
Headings, the document title, paragraphs, bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace text (as inline code), links, bulleted and numbered lists including nested levels, tables, images and footnotes. Comments and suggestions are left out.
Google's export wraps every link in a google.com/url redirect with tracking parameters. The tool unwraps them so your Markdown links point straight at the original pages.
Images point to Google's servers, so they display as long as the document stays shared. If you plan to publish the Markdown, download the images and host them yourself, because Google's image links can change or expire.
Use the normal sharing link (it contains /document/d/ followed by the document ID). Published links that contain /d/e/ hide the document ID, so they can't be exported.
No. Our server fetches the document's HTML export for you, because browsers can't read Google Docs directly, and the conversion happens in your browser. Nothing is saved.
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