Markdown to Plain Text Converter
Paste text from ChatGPT, Claude, or anywhere else formatted in markdown, and get back clean plain text — no asterisks, no pound signs, no clutter.
Strip markdown formatting from your text
Cleaned Text
How to use this tool
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Paste your text. Copy anything formatted with markdown — from ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, GitHub, wherever — and paste it in.
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Click "Strip Formatting." The tool removes asterisks, pound signs, code fences, and other markdown symbols automatically.
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Copy your clean text. Click "Copy Cleaned Text" and paste it straight into an email, doc, or message.
About This Tool
Markdown is the formatting language AI chat tools use behind the scenes — it's what turns plain text into bold words, headers, and bullet points inside the chat window. The problem is that markdown only renders correctly in places built to understand it. Paste it into an email, a text message, or most social platforms, and you're left staring at stray asterisks and pound signs instead of actual formatting.
This tool strips those symbols out entirely, so what you paste elsewhere looks like normal writing instead of broken code.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as markdown formatting?
Things like **bold text**, *italics*, # headers, - bullet points, > quote blocks, and `code snippets` — the symbols AI tools use to format their responses.
Does this work with ChatGPT output too?
Yes — it works on any text using standard markdown syntax, not just Claude.
Will it mess up code inside my text?
No. The actual code content is kept — only the backticks and fence markers around it are removed.
Is my text stored anywhere?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent anywhere or saved after you close the tab.