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Markdown Stripper

Remove markdown formatting (headings, bold, italic, links, code fences, lists, blockquotes) to get clean plain text. Optional toggles preserve heading text without # symbols, and keep link URLs in parentheses if you want to retain them.

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How it works

We apply a sequence of regex passes: code fences first, then images, links, headings, emphasis, lists, blockquotes and horizontal rules. The order matters because emphasis inside links would be eaten otherwise. Finally we collapse extra blank lines.

How to use it

  1. Paste the markdown

    Drop in a README, a blog draft, or any markdown source. The tool removes syntax markers and keeps the readable prose.

  2. Toggle URL preservation

    Off keeps just the link text. On keeps the URL in parentheses, useful when you want references for a plain-text reading.

  3. Strip the syntax

    Regex passes run in order: code fences, images, links, headings, emphasis, lists, blockquotes, rules. Then blank lines collapse.

  4. Copy the plain text

    Take the prose into a word counter, an SEO meta description, a non-markdown CMS, or any system that does not render markdown.

Use cases

Extract plain text from a README for word count.

Convert markdown notes for a system that does not render it.

Prepare markdown copy for SEO meta description (no syntax).

Get the prose out of a tutorial without formatting.

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