Convert any messy file to clean Markdown.

Your files, images, and videos seamlessly transformed into perfectly structured markdown, powered by AI. No clunky settings.

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From messy files to clean Markdown

See how our AI engine structures messy data into clean, token-efficient formats.

Original.pdf
Illegible scanned text here...
12.4 MB • Image layer
Converted.md
46% fewer tokens
3.1s
# Quarterly Safety Report

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work.

## Key Requirements
- The law requires employers to provide...
- The Act created the Occupational Safety...
- OSHA also provides information...

| Department | Incidents | Risk Level |
|------------|-----------|------------|
| Logistics  | 2         | Moderate |
| Warehouse  | 0         | Low      |

Every format, one clean Markdown output

CleanMD picks the right engine for each file on its own: native documents are parsed in your browser, scans go through OCR, media gets transcribed. Whatever the input, the output keeps the heading hierarchy, tables, lists and code blocks of the original.

Free, no account needed

  • PDF to Markdown

    Turn any PDF into clean Markdown with real heading hierarchy, tables and lists. Free, no signup. Native PDFs stay in your browser; scans processed in the EU.

  • DOCX to Markdown

    Convert Word documents to clean Markdown in your browser. Heading styles become #/##/###, lists and tables stay intact. Free, no signup.

  • Images to Markdown

    Extract text from screenshots and photos into Markdown, or get an AI description for pure images. Automatic routing, free, no signup.

  • XLSX to Markdown

    Turn Excel spreadsheets into clean Markdown tables, one section per sheet. Converted in your browser, free, no signup.

  • PPTX to Markdown

    Turn PowerPoint presentations into structured Markdown: one section per slide, titles as headings, bullets as lists. Free, private, no signup.

  • HTML to Markdown

    Convert HTML pages and files to clean Markdown: headings, links, lists, tables and code blocks preserved. Free, in-browser, no signup.

  • CSV to Markdown

    Turn any CSV (or TSV) into a clean Markdown table. Handles quoted fields, commas and semicolons. Free, in-browser, nothing uploaded.

  • URL to Markdown

    Paste any public web page URL and get clean Markdown: headings, links, lists, tables and code preserved. Free, instant, nothing stored.

Premium: audio, video and YouTube with timestamps and chapters

  • YouTube to Markdown

    Paste a YouTube link and get clean Markdown: summary, key takeaways and a timestamped transcript. Works even without captions. Premium feature.

  • Audio to Markdown

    Transcribe MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG into structured Markdown: summary, clean paragraphs, speaker labels. Files are never stored. Premium feature.

  • Video to Markdown

    Upload MP4, MOV, WEBM or MKV (up to 100 MB) and get Markdown: summary, timestamped transcript, notes on what's shown on screen. Premium feature.

Frequently asked questions

Do my files leave my browser?

Native documents (PDF with a text layer, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, CSV, HTML) are converted entirely in your browser: the file never touches our servers. Scanned PDFs and images need real OCR, and audio, video and YouTube need transcription, so those are processed server-side in the EU and deleted as soon as the Markdown is delivered. Nothing is stored on any tier.

What does “clean Markdown” mean here?

The heading hierarchy of the source (H1, H2, H3 and section order) is preserved instead of flattened, tables become GitHub-flavoured Markdown tables, lists stay lists, code stays in fenced blocks, and running headers, footers and page numbers are removed. The result is Markdown you can drop into Obsidian, Notion, a static site or a RAG pipeline without hand-editing.

What is free and what is Premium?

The free tier converts documents and images with no account: 3 conversions per day, files up to 3 MB (PDFs up to 50 MB). A single larger or scanned document can be paid once, from $3 (up to 20 pages) or $4 (up to 100 pages). Audio, video and YouTube transcription carry real per-minute costs and require the Premium subscription: $15 month-to-month, or $12 per month billed yearly.

Wondering how this compares to the tools you already know? Read the honest comparisons with Pandoc and MarkItDown, or see the plans and limits.

CleanMD — Universal Markdown Converter