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DOCX to Markdown

Convert Word to Markdown — instantly, in your browser

Drop a .docx file and get clean GitHub Flavored Markdown back — headings, lists, tables, and links preserved. Free, no signup, and your file never leaves your device.

Open the editorReverse: Markdown to DOCXPDF to Markdown

Drop a .docx file here, or click to choose

Word documents are parsed in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

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How to convert Word (DOCX) to Markdown

  1. Drop a .docx file onto the box above, or click to choose one.
  2. The document is parsed in your browser and the Markdown output appears below.
  3. Copy it or download a .md file.

What gets converted

Word elementMarkdown
Heading 1–6 styles# … ######
Bold / italic**bold** / _italic_
Bulleted / numbered lists- item / 1. item
TablesGitHub Flavored Markdown tables
Hyperlinks[text](url)
Blockquotes> quote

Why convert DOCX to Markdown?

  • Migrate to a static site — move Word docs into Next.js, Astro, Hugo, or Docusaurus.
  • Version control — get content into git where it can be diffed and reviewed.
  • Clean rich text — strip Word's heavy markup down to portable plain text.
  • Feed LLMs and RAG — convert reports into clean Markdown for AI context windows.

Need the reverse? Use Markdown to DOCX. Have a PDF instead? Try PDF to Markdown, or pull content from the web with URL to Markdown.

Privacy & safety

  • Conversion runs in your browser using mammoth and turndown.
  • We don't upload, store, log, or train on your documents.
  • The output is plain Markdown you fully control.

After converting, tidy the result with the Markdown formatter and verify links with the link checker.

Frequently asked questions

How does Word to Markdown conversion work?
Your .docx is parsed by mammoth, which reads the document's OpenXML and produces semantic HTML, then turndown maps that HTML to clean GitHub Flavored Markdown. Both steps run in your browser — the file is never uploaded.
Is my Word document uploaded anywhere?
No. The .docx is read locally with the File API and converted entirely client-side. Nothing is uploaded, logged, or stored — safe for confidential documents.
What gets preserved?
Headings, paragraphs, bold, italic, ordered and unordered lists, tables, hyperlinks, and blockquotes. mammoth focuses on document structure rather than exact visual styling, so fonts, colors, and precise spacing are intentionally dropped in favor of clean, portable Markdown.
Does it support legacy .doc files?
No — only the modern .docx format (Word 2007+). If you have an old .doc, open it in Word or Google Docs and save as .docx first, then convert here.
Can I convert Markdown back to Word?
Yes. Use the Markdown to DOCX tool for the reverse direction — together they let you round-trip content between Word and Markdown for stakeholder review cycles.

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