diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 2957b20..e1694e9 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 let Plugin = class {}
 let MarkdownRenderer = {}
 let MarkdownRenderChild = class {}
+let htmlToMarkdown = (html) => html
 
 if (isObsidian()) {
   const obsidian = require('obsidian')
   Plugin = obsidian.Plugin
   MarkdownRenderer = obsidian.MarkdownRenderer
   MarkdownRenderChild = obsidian.MarkdownRenderChild
+  htmlToMarkdown = obsidian.htmlToMarkdown
 }
 
 const codeblockId = 'table-of-contents'
@@ -159,11 +161,47 @@ function getMarkdownInlineFirstLevelFromHeadings(headings, options) {
 }
 
 function getMarkdownHeading(heading, options) {
+  const stripMarkdown = (text) => {
+    text = text.replaceAll('*', '').replaceAll('_', '').replaceAll('`', '')
+    text = text.replaceAll('==', '').replaceAll('~~', '')
+    text = text.replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)/g, '$1') // Strip markdown links
+    return text
+  }
+  const stripHtml = (text) => stripMarkdown(htmlToMarkdown(text))
+  const stripWikilinks = (text, isForLink) => {
+    // Strip [[link|text]] format
+    // For the text part of the final link we only keep "text"
+    // For the link part we need the text + link
+    // Example: "# Some [[file.md|heading]]" must be translated to "[[#Some file.md heading|Some heading]]"
+    text = text.replace(/\[\[([^\]]+)\|([^\]]+)\]\]/g, isForLink ? '$1 $2' : '$2')
+    text = text.replace(/\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]/g, '$1') // Strip [[link]] format
+    return text
+  }
+  const stripTags = (text) => text.replaceAll('#', '')
   if (options.includeLinks) {
-    let cleaned = heading.heading
-    // Strip reserved wikilink characters
-    cleaned = cleaned.replaceAll('|', '-').replaceAll('[', '{').replaceAll(']', '}')
-    return `[[#${cleaned}]]`
+    // Remove markdown, HTML & wikilinks from text for readability, as they are not rendered in a wikilink
+    let text = heading.heading
+    text = stripMarkdown(text)
+    text = stripHtml(text)
+    text = stripWikilinks(text, false)
+    // Remove wikilinks & tags from link or it won't be clickable (on the other hand HTML & markdown must stay)
+    let link = heading.heading
+    link = stripWikilinks(link, true)
+    link = stripTags(link)
+
+    // Return wiklink style link
+    return `[[#${link}|${text}]]`
+    // Why not markdown links? Because even if it looks like the text part would have a better compatibility
+    // with complex headings (as it would support HTML, markdown, etc) the link part is messy,
+    // because it requires some encoding that looks buggy and undocumented; official docs state the link must be URL encoded
+    // (https://help.obsidian.md/Linking+notes+and+files/Internal+links#Supported+formats+for+internal+links)
+    // but it doesn't work properly, example: "## Some <em>heading</em> with simple HTML" must be encoded as:
+    // [Some <em>heading</em> with simple HTML](#Some%20<em>heading</em>%20with%20simpler%20HTML)
+    // and not
+    // [Some <em>heading</em> with simple HTML](#Some%20%3Cem%3Eheading%3C%2Fem%3E%20with%20simpler%20HTML)
+    // Also it won't be clickable at all if the heading contains #tags or more complex HTML
+    // (example: ## Some <em style="background: red">heading</em> #with-a-tag)
+    // (unless there is a way to encode these use cases that I didn't find)
   }
   return heading.heading
 }
diff --git a/test/headings.test.js b/test/headings.test.js
index 9080c8b..2044b1e 100644
--- a/test/headings.test.js
+++ b/test/headings.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const {
 } = require('../main.js')
 
 const testStandardHeadings = [
-  { heading: 'Title [1] | level 1', level: 1 }, // With wiklink characters to be stripped
+  { heading: 'Title 1 level 1', level: 1 },
   { heading: 'Title 1 level 2', level: 2 },
   { heading: 'Title 1 level 3', level: 3 },
   { heading: 'Title 2 level 1', level: 1 },
@@ -21,17 +21,23 @@ const testHeadingsWithoutFirstLevel = [
   { heading: 'Title 3 level 3', level: 3 },
 ]
 
+const testHeadingsWithSpecialChars = [
+  { heading: 'Title 1 `level 1` {with special chars}, **bold**, _italic_, #a-tag, ==highlighted== and ~~strikethrough~~ text', level: 1 },
+  { heading: 'Title 1 level 2 <em style="color: black">with HTML</em>', level: 2 },
+  { heading: 'Title 1 level 2 [[wikilink1]] [[wikilink2|wikitext2]] [mdlink](https://mdurl)', level: 2 },
+]
+
 describe('Headings', () => {
   test('Returns indented list with links', () => {
     const options = parseOptionsFromSourceText('')
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-- [[#Title {1} - level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 1 level 2]]
-    - [[#Title 1 level 3]]
-- [[#Title 2 level 1]]
-- [[#Title 3 level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 3 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 1 level 1|Title 1 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 2|Title 1 level 2]]
+    - [[#Title 1 level 3|Title 1 level 3]]
+- [[#Title 2 level 1|Title 2 level 1]]
+- [[#Title 3 level 1|Title 3 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 3 level 2|Title 3 level 2]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
@@ -40,12 +46,12 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     const options = parseOptionsFromSourceText('')
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testHeadingsWithoutFirstLevel, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-- [[#Title 1 level 2]]
-  - [[#Title 1 level 3]]
-    - [[#Title 1 level 4]]
-- [[#Title 2 level 2]]
-- [[#Title 3 level 2]]
-  - [[#Title 3 level 3]]
+- [[#Title 1 level 2|Title 1 level 2]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 3|Title 1 level 3]]
+    - [[#Title 1 level 4|Title 1 level 4]]
+- [[#Title 2 level 2|Title 2 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 3 level 2|Title 3 level 2]]
+  - [[#Title 3 level 3|Title 3 level 3]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
@@ -55,9 +61,9 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     options.minLevel = 2
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-- [[#Title 1 level 2]]
-  - [[#Title 1 level 3]]
-- [[#Title 3 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 1 level 2|Title 1 level 2]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 3|Title 1 level 3]]
+- [[#Title 3 level 2|Title 3 level 2]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
@@ -67,11 +73,11 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     options.maxLevel = 2
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-- [[#Title {1} - level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 1 level 2]]
-- [[#Title 2 level 1]]
-- [[#Title 3 level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 3 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 1 level 1|Title 1 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 2|Title 1 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 2 level 1|Title 2 level 1]]
+- [[#Title 3 level 1|Title 3 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 3 level 2|Title 3 level 2]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     options.includeLinks = false
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-- Title [1] | level 1
+- Title 1 level 1
   - Title 1 level 2
     - Title 1 level 3
 - Title 2 level 1
@@ -97,22 +103,46 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
 # My TOC
-- [[#Title {1} - level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 1 level 2]]
-    - [[#Title 1 level 3]]
-- [[#Title 2 level 1]]
-- [[#Title 3 level 1]]
-  - [[#Title 3 level 2]]
+- [[#Title 1 level 1|Title 1 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 2|Title 1 level 2]]
+    - [[#Title 1 level 3|Title 1 level 3]]
+- [[#Title 2 level 1|Title 2 level 1]]
+- [[#Title 3 level 1|Title 3 level 1]]
+  - [[#Title 3 level 2|Title 3 level 2]]
+`)
+    expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
+  })
+
+  test('Returns indented list with sanitized links from special chars', () => {
+    const options = parseOptionsFromSourceText('')
+    const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testHeadingsWithSpecialChars, options)
+    const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
+- [[#Title 1 \`level 1\` {with special chars}, **bold**, _italic_, a-tag, ==highlighted== and ~~strikethrough~~ text|Title 1 level 1 {with special chars}, bold, italic, #a-tag, highlighted and strikethrough text]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 2 <em style="color: black">with HTML</em>|Title 1 level 2 <em style="color: black">with HTML</em>]]
+  - [[#Title 1 level 2 wikilink1 wikilink2 wikitext2 [mdlink](https://mdurl)|Title 1 level 2 wikilink1 wikitext2 mdlink]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
 
+  test('Returns indented list without links from special chars', () => {
+    const options = parseOptionsFromSourceText('')
+    options.includeLinks = false
+    const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testHeadingsWithSpecialChars, options)
+    const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
+- Title 1 \`level 1\` {with special chars}, **bold**, _italic_, #a-tag, ==highlighted== and ~~strikethrough~~ text
+  - Title 1 level 2 <em style="color: black">with HTML</em>
+  - Title 1 level 2 [[wikilink1]] [[wikilink2|wikitext2]] [mdlink](https://mdurl)
+`)
+    expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
+  })
+
+
   test('Returns flat first-level list with links', () => {
     const options = parseOptionsFromSourceText('')
     options.style = 'inlineFirstLevel'
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-[[#Title {1} - level 1]] | [[#Title 2 level 1]] | [[#Title 3 level 1]]
+[[#Title 1 level 1|Title 1 level 1]] | [[#Title 2 level 1|Title 2 level 1]] | [[#Title 3 level 1|Title 3 level 1]]
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })
@@ -123,7 +153,7 @@ describe('Headings', () => {
     options.includeLinks = false
     const md = getMarkdownFromHeadings(testStandardHeadings, options)
     const expectedMd = sanitizeMd(`
-Title [1] | level 1 | Title 2 level 1 | Title 3 level 1
+Title 1 level 1 | Title 2 level 1 | Title 3 level 1
 `)
     expect(md).toEqual(expectedMd)
   })