Word to Markdown
Upload a Word .docx file and get clean, GitHub-Flavored Markdown. Headings, tables, lists and bold/italic all preserved — converted right in your browser, never uploaded.
Your Markdown will appear here once you upload a .docx file.
Free & client-side. Your files are never uploaded.
Turn a Microsoft Word document into clean Markdown by uploading a single .docx file. This free tool reads your document in the browser, converts its structure to semantic HTML, and then rewrites that as proper GitHub-Flavored Markdown — real heading syntax, pipe tables, ordered and unordered lists, bold and italic, links, and blockquotes. Drop the result straight into a GitHub README, an issue, a pull request, a wiki, Notion, or any Markdown editor, without hand-converting a single paragraph.
Converting Word to Markdown is one of the most common ways teams move documentation out of Office and into a Markdown-based workflow — a docs site, a static-site generator, or a version-controlled repo where plain-text Markdown diffs cleanly. Instead of copying, pasting, and fixing broken formatting by hand, you upload the .docx once and get a tidy .md file that keeps the document’s structure intact.
Everything runs in your browser, so your .docx is never uploaded to a server — safe for internal reports, contracts, and unpublished drafts. Need the reverse direction? Our Markdown to Word tool turns Markdown back into a formatted .docx, and together the two cover the full round trip between Word and Markdown.
How it works
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Upload your Word .docx file, or drag and drop it onto the box.
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It is converted in your browser — headings, tables and lists are all kept.
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Copy the Markdown to your clipboard, or download converted.md.
Why use this converter
- Reads .docx directly in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- Outputs GitHub-Flavored Markdown — tables, lists, headings & fenced code
- Keeps bold, italic, links, headings and blockquotes
- Converts Word tables into clean pipe tables
- Live preview with Markdown source and rendered views
- Copy to clipboard or download .md
Use cases
Migrate Word docs into a Markdown repo
Move a spec, report, or handbook out of Word and into a GitHub or GitLab repo as clean Markdown, so it version-controls and diffs like the rest of your docs.
Turn a .docx into a docs-site or blog page
Convert a Word draft into Markdown ready for a static-site generator like Docusaurus, Hugo, or MkDocs — no retyping headings, tables, or lists.
Feed a Word document to an AI as clean Markdown
Strip a .docx down to structured Markdown so you can paste it into a prompt without dragging along Word’s messy inline formatting.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert a Word document to Markdown?
Upload your .docx file (or drag and drop it onto the box) and it is converted in your browser. Switch between the rendered preview and the Markdown source, then click Copy Markdown or download converted.md.
Does it keep tables, lists and formatting?
Yes. Headings become Markdown headings, Word tables become GitHub-Flavored pipe tables, bulleted and numbered lists are preserved, and bold, italic, links and blockquotes all carry across. The output is clean GFM Markdown.
Is the .docx file uploaded anywhere?
No. The entire conversion happens in your browser and nothing is sent to a server, so even confidential reports, contracts and internal drafts stay on your device.
Does it support the older .doc format?
No — only the modern .docx format (Word 2007 and newer) is supported, because .docx is a structured, open format the converter can read directly. If you have an old .doc file, open it in Word or Google Docs and save it as .docx first.
Is the output GitHub-Flavored Markdown?
Yes. Tables, task lists, strikethrough and fenced code blocks all use GFM syntax, so the Markdown renders correctly on GitHub, in a README, an issue, or a pull request.
What happens to images in the document?
The converter focuses on text structure — headings, tables, lists, and inline formatting. Embedded images are not extracted as separate files, so if your document relies on images you will need to add them back manually after converting.
Can I convert Markdown back to a Word document?
Yes — that is the reverse direction, handled by our Markdown to Word tool. Paste Markdown there to get a formatted, editable .docx back out.