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description: Choose between Markdown and plain text output when converting documents
title: Plain text output for Markdown Conversion
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-07-13-markdown-conversion-text-output/og.png?v=d351b3e3dcdd0634
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July 10, 2026

## Plain text output for Markdown Conversion

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The [Markdown Conversion](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/features/markdown-conversion/) service now supports a new `output` conversion option that controls the format of the converted content.

Set `output.format` to `text` to receive plain text with Markdown syntax removed. The default value is `markdown`, so existing conversions are unchanged.

Use the [`env.AI`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/features/markdown-conversion/usage/binding/) binding:

```js
await env.AI.toMarkdown(
	{ name: "page.html", blob: new Blob([html]) },
	{
		conversionOptions: {
			output: { format: "text" },
		},
	},
);
```

```typescript
await env.AI.toMarkdown(
	{ name: "page.html", blob: new Blob([html]) },
	{
		conversionOptions: {
			output: { format: "text" },
		},
	},
);
```

Or call the REST API:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/tomarkdown \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}' \
  -F 'files=@index.html' \
  -F 'conversionOptions={"output": {"format": "text"}}'
```

When you request text output, the `format` field of each result is set to `text`. For more details, refer to [Conversion Options](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/features/markdown-conversion/conversion-options/#output).

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