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Quick Start

Web2MD lets you convert any webpage to clean Markdown in 3 simple steps. Whether you need to feed content to an AI assistant, save it to your note-taking app, or preprocess data for a RAG pipeline, the entire process takes less than 10 seconds.

The converted Markdown is automatically copied to your clipboard, ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, Notion, or any Markdown-compatible tool.

Features Overview

Web2MD is purpose-built for the AI era — it goes far beyond a simple HTML to Markdown converter. Its smart extraction algorithm strips away ads, navigation bars, and sidebar clutter to produce optimized Markdown output that reduces token usage by over 60% on average. Here is an overview of key features:

Check our pricing page to compare Free and Pro features, or visit the changelog for the latest updates.

Obsidian Export

Convert any webpage and save it directly to your Obsidian vault with one click — a new note is created automatically with the converted content. This is especially useful for building a personal knowledge base, collecting research materials, or archiving important articles. The converted Markdown preserves complete heading hierarchy, links, and formatting, so you can immediately use backlinks and tags in Obsidian.

How to use

1. Open the extension → switch to the Settings tab
2. In the Obsidian section, toggle on "Enable Obsidian Export"
3. (Optional) Enter your vault name — leave empty to use the Obsidian default vault
4. Switch to the Convert tab and convert the current page
5. After conversion, click "Save to Obsidian" — Obsidian will open and create a new note automatically

Send to AI

Send the converted Markdown content directly to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, or DeepSeek with one click. Web2MD's smart extraction ensures the content sent to AI is clean and structured, avoiding wasted tokens on ads and navigation clutter. Pro users save approximately 2 million tokens per month on average, equivalent to about $17 in API costs.

1. Choose your preferred AI platform in Settings
2. After converting a page, click the AI platform button in the popup
3. Content is automatically pasted into the AI chat — enable "Auto Send" to skip the manual paste step

Batch Convert

Convert multiple URLs or currently open browser tabs at the same time. Batch conversion is ideal for scenarios where you need to process many webpages at once, such as competitive research, literature review, or content archiving. All results can be merged into a single Markdown download, or copied individually.

1. Switch to the Batch tab in the extension
2. Paste multiple URLs (one per line), or click "Add open tabs" to automatically import all currently open pages in your browser
3. Click "Start" — progress is shown in real time, with each URL's status tracked independently
4. Once done, copy or download all results at once, or merge all content and send it to AI in one request

Prompt Templates

Prepend custom instructions to content before sending to AI. This is especially useful in an AI workflow — you can preset different prompts for different tasks and complete the entire "convert webpage + add instruction + send to AI" flow with one click. Four built-in templates are included:

• •Summarize — generate a concise summary to quickly grasp key points
• •Translate — translate to a target language, supporting any language
• •Key Points — extract main points, great for meeting notes and research reports
• •ELI5 — explain complex content in simple terms, ideal for learning new fields

You can also create, edit, and delete custom templates in Settings → Prompt Templates. For example, you might create a "Code Review" template that instructs AI to analyze code examples in converted technical documentation.

Supported Platforms

Web2MD can convert virtually any public webpage to Markdown. In addition to our general-purpose HTML extraction algorithm, we have built 14 dedicated extractors for popular websites in the following categories, ensuring optimal conversion quality. No matter what source you want to convert webpage to markdown from, Web2MD has you covered.

The above lists only representative websites. Web2MD's general extraction algorithm supports any standard HTML webpage. If you find that conversion quality is poor for a specific site, let us know at support@web2md.org and we will evaluate whether a dedicated extractor is needed.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Convert the current page to Markdown and copy to clipboard without opening the popup. For power users, the keyboard shortcut dramatically improves efficiency — just press the shortcut and the web to markdown conversion happens in the background, with a notification letting you know the content is ready.

Context Menu

In addition to keyboard shortcuts, you can right-click on any webpage or selected text and choose "Copy as Markdown" from the context menu. If you have selected a portion of text, only the selected content will be converted — this is very useful when you only need a specific paragraph or code block from an article.

Use Cases

Web2MD is suitable for any scenario that requires converting webpage content into structured text. Here are the most common ways our users put it to work:

Visit our blog for more user stories and tips.

API & Integration

Web2MD currently offers two primary ways to convert webpage content to Markdown:

Frequently Asked Questions

See the pricing page for a full feature comparison and plan details.

Troubleshooting

Most webpages convert smoothly, but certain edge cases may require extra attention. Here are common issues and their solutions:

Community & Support

Follow us for updates or get in touch for help. We typically respond to all support requests within 24 hours. You can also visit our changelog to stay up to date with new features and improvements.