Markdown Remover 🫧

Pasted text full of **asterisks**, # hashes and [bracket](links)? Convert Markdown back to clean plain text in one click — without touching your words.

🔒 100% private — your text never leaves this browser tab

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Findings will appear here. Invisible characters are shown in red, typography in amber, style tells in blue.

👁️ X-ray view — invisible characters made visible

Your text with every hidden character exposed will render here.

Why is there Markdown in my text?

Markdown is the formatting shorthand used by chat apps, AI assistants, note tools and README files: **bold**, # headings, [link text](url), `code`. Inside those apps it renders as formatting — but copy the text into an email client, a form, a CMS or a document and the raw symbols come along instead.

What gets converted

Bold and italic markers (**, __) are unwrapped, heading hashes removed, [link text](url) becomes just the text, and backtick code markers are stripped — your words are untouched. TextWash also cleans the hidden characters and smart punctuation that usually accompany pasted text, and flags AI cliché phrases if the text came from a chatbot.

Cleaning ChatGPT output specifically?

The dedicated ChatGPT Formatting Remover covers the same conversion with chatbot-specific guidance — both pages use the identical engine, so either works.

FAQ

Does removing Markdown change my words?

No. Only the formatting symbols are removed — every word, sentence and paragraph stays exactly as written. The diff view shows each change.

What Markdown syntax is supported?

Bold/italic markers (** and __), # through ###### headings, [text](url) links and `inline code` backticks. Bullet characters are left alone since plain text lists are legitimate.

Is this private?

Completely — the conversion runs in your browser with plain JavaScript. No upload, no account, works offline.