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Paste as Markdown
Copy from anywhere. Paste clean Markdown. Zero config.
Ever paste from a webpage into a .md file and get a wall of raw HTML? Or lose all your formatting from a Google Doc? Paste as Markdown fixes that — just Cmd+V and it works, like Obsidian but in VS Code.
Before / After
You copy this from a webpage
You get this in your .md file
Bold text with a link **Bold text** with a [link](https://example.com)
A full HTML table
A clean GFM pipe table
Word doc with mso-* style noise
Clean Markdown, no Office junk
How It Works
Copy formatted text from any source — Word, browser, Google Docs, email, Notion, Confluence
Paste into a Markdown file with Cmd+V / Ctrl+V
Done. The extension converts the HTML clipboard to Markdown automatically.
No commands. No shortcuts. No menus. Want to paste as plain text instead? Use the paste widget or Cmd+Shift+V.
What Gets Converted
Source
Result
Bold, italic, headings, links, lists
Standard Markdown equivalents
HTML <table>
GitHub Flavored Markdown table
<input type="checkbox">- [x] / - [ ] task lists
<del>, <s>~~strikethrough~~
<pre><code class="language-py">Fenced code block with language
<img>
<mark>==highlight==
Smart Enough to Stay Out of the Way
Inside a code block or math block? Paste is left alone — no conversion.Clipboard is just plain text in a wrapper tag? Passes through unchanged.Pasting an image? Yields to VS Code's built-in image handler.
Handles the Messy Stuff
Real-world clipboards are full of garbage HTML. This extension cleans it up:
Microsoft Word / Office — strips mso-* styles, Office XML namespaces (<o:p>, <w:Sdt>), conditional comments, empty paragraphsGoogle Docs — unwraps redirect URLs (google.com/url?q=...), removes fake bold wrappers, strips internal GUID attributesNotion, Confluence, Slack — removes data-* attributes and app-specific noise
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
pasteAsMarkdown.enabledtrueTurn the extension on or off
Requirements
VS Code 1.109.0 or later.
Contributing
Issues and PRs welcome at github.com/digitarald/paste-as-markdown .
License
MIT
