jrb80
21 August 2025 10:19
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I just want to say how much I love the new feature to convert notes from HTML to Markdown! I, like many others, have migrated from Evernote and I have many HTML notes.
It did make me wonder whether there is a "batch" mode to convert all HTML notes, rather than one by one.
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Ashwin
15 November 2025 06:32
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I hope Joplin for iOS has convert to Markup feature, like it is in Desktop version. If it is there, I really don't know where it is.
And in desktop version, I too miss the batch convert option as I have lot of notes imported from Google keep.
Leigh
16 December 2025 22:41
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Exactly what I just searched for!
Is it possible to batch convert to Markdown?
I have loads of old imported Evernotes in HTML
This feature will be coming soon in Joplin 3.5:
dev ← personalizedrefrigerator:pr/desktop/support-html-to-md-bulk-convert
opened 06:00PM - 28 Nov 25 UTC
# Summary
This pull request adds a right-click and multiselect menu item when… only HTML notes are selected that allows converting from HTML to Markdown.
Previously, it was only possible to convert notes from HTML to Markdown one-at-a-time through the "Convert it to Markdown to edit it more easily" banner.
# Notes
- The "Convert to Markdown" option is only shown if **at least one of the** selected notes are in HTML format.
- **Refactoring**: This pull request moves the `convertNoteToMarkdown` command implementation to `packages/lib/commands`. In the future, this should simplify adding UI to convert HTML notes to Markdown to the mobile app.
# Testing
## Screen recording
[Screencast from 2025-11-28 09-54-37.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b2257ccc-045e-4b02-ad6b-625b85b1c6b0)
The above screen recording shows:
1. Selecting multiple HTML notes.
2. Clicking the "Convert to Markdown" button in the multiselect menu.
3. The notes being replaced with their Markdown equivalents.
## Additional manual testing
It has also been manually verified that:
1. Selecting multiple notes (where some of the of the notes are Markdown and at least one is HTML) causes the "Convert to Markdown" menu item to be shown.
- If "Convert to Markdown" is then clicked, only the HTML notes are converted to Markdown.
2. Selecting multiple notes (where all notes are Markdown) does not cause the "Convert to Markdown" menu item to be shown.
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