Paste Cleaner

Convert HTML from your clipboard to clean Markdown. Transforms bold, italic, links, headings and lists from HTML tags to Markdown syntax. Decodes HTML entities and normalizes line breaks — perfect for pasting from browsers, Google Docs or Word.

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What Paste Cleaner does

HTML → Markdown

Converts <strong> to **, <em> to *, <a href> to [text](url), headings to # syntax.

Lists

Transforms <ul>/<ol>/<li> to Markdown lists with proper markers and nesting.

HTML entities

Decodes &amp;, &lt;, &gt;, &quot;, &#39;, &nbsp; to normal characters.

Line breaks

Normalizes \r\n to \n, collapses triple blank lines into one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

All tools in one Workspace

Paste Cleaner + Text Cleaner + Markdown Repair — complete clipboard-to-Markdown pipeline.