Why does my Markdown bold not work in Slack?

Slack uses a single asterisk for bold, not the double asterisk Markdown uses, so **bold** renders as literal asterisks. This tool rewrites it to *bold*.

How do Markdown links work when pasted into Slack?

Slack uses its own link format, so a Markdown [docs](url) link is rewritten to , which is what stays clickable in a Slack message.

Markdown to Slack Converter

Slack ignores standard Markdown, so this rewrites it to mrkdwn that pastes in without literal asterisks.

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How Markdown maps to Slack

Feature	Markdown	Slack
Bold	x	x
Strikethrough	~~x~~	~x~
Link	[text](url)	<url\|text>
Heading	# x	bold line (no headings)

Common gotchas

Slack bold is a single asterisk and Markdown is double, so **bold** shows literal asterisks in Slack.
Slack does not auto-convert pasted Markdown, so you must paste mrkdwn, which is what this tool outputs.
Markdown links [text](url) become <url|text> or they will not be clickable.

Frequently asked

Why does my Markdown bold not work in Slack?: Slack uses a single asterisk for bold, not the double asterisk Markdown uses, so **bold** renders as literal asterisks. This tool rewrites it to *bold*.
How do Markdown links work when pasted into Slack?: Slack uses its own link format, so a Markdown [docs](url) link is rewritten to <url|docs>, which is what stays clickable in a Slack message.