diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts b/packages/core/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
index b61d8893..8d09afce 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
@@ -208,4 +208,24 @@ export class BlocksAPI implements BlocksApiInterface {
   public split({ block, key, offset, userId }: Parameters<BlocksApiInterface['split']>[0]): void {
     this.#blocksManager.splitBlock(block as BlockIndexOrId, createDataKey(key), offset, userId);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a block to a new type
+   * @param params - conversion parameters
+   * @param params.block - index or id of the block to convert
+   * @param params.key - data key of the text input at which to convert
+   * @param params.newType - block tool name to convert to
+   * @param [params.dataOverrides] - optional data overrides for the new block. Merged shallowly:
+   *   object-valued keys are replaced wholesale, not deep-merged.
+   * @param [params.userId] - user id to attribute the change to
+   */
+  public convert({
+    block,
+    key,
+    newType,
+    dataOverrides,
+    userId = this.#config.userId,
+  }: Parameters<BlocksApiInterface['convert']>[0]): void {
+    this.#blocksManager.convertBlock(block as BlockIndexOrId, createDataKey(key), newType, userId, dataOverrides);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.spec.ts
index 8102c397..6f7ebaaa 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.spec.ts
@@ -680,4 +680,172 @@ describe('BlocksManager (unit, mocked deps)', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('.convertBlock()', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      model.resolveBlockIndex = jest.fn(() => 0);
+      model.getBlockSerialized = jest.fn(() => ({
+        name: 'header',
+        id: 'b1',
+        data: {
+          text: {
+            value: 'Hello',
+            fragments: []
+          }
+        }
+      }));
+      model.getBlockTextContent = jest.fn(() => ({
+        text: {
+          value: 'Hello',
+          fragments: []
+        }
+      }));
+    });
+
+    it('should export text from source, imports into target, and replaces block at the same index', () => {
+      const sourceTool = { exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => 'Hello') };
+      const targetTool = {
+        importTextContent: jest.fn(() => ({
+          text: {
+            value: 'Hello',
+            fragments: []
+          }
+        }))
+      };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn((name: string) =>
+        name === 'header' ? sourceTool : targetTool
+      );
+
+      blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'text' as DataKey, 'paragraph');
+
+      expect(sourceTool.exportTextContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        text: {
+          value: 'Hello',
+          fragments: []
+        }
+      });
+      expect(targetTool.importTextContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Hello', []);
+      expect(model.removeBlock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(USER_ID, 0);
+      expect(model.addBlock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        USER_ID,
+        {
+          name: 'paragraph',
+          data: {
+            text: {
+              value: 'Hello',
+              fragments: []
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        0
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should merge dataOverrides on top of the imported data', () => {
+      const sourceTool = { exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => 'Hello') };
+      const targetTool = {
+        importTextContent: jest.fn(() => ({
+          text: {
+            value: 'Hello',
+            fragments: []
+          }
+        }))
+      };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn((name: string) =>
+        name === 'header' ? sourceTool : targetTool
+      );
+
+      blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'text' as DataKey, 'paragraph', USER_ID, { level: 2 });
+
+      expect(model.addBlock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        USER_ID,
+        {
+          name: 'paragraph',
+          data: {
+            text: {
+              value: 'Hello',
+              fragments: []
+            },
+            level: 2
+          }
+        },
+        0
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if dataKey is not found in block text content', () => {
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn(() => ({
+        exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => 'Hello'),
+        importTextContent: jest.fn()
+      }));
+
+      expect(() => blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'nonexistent' as DataKey, 'paragraph'))
+        .toThrow('Data key "nonexistent" not found in block content');
+    });
+
+    it('should pass fragments from getBlockTextContent to importTextContent', () => {
+      const fragments = [{
+        type: 'bold',
+        range: [0, 5]
+      }];
+
+      model.getBlockTextContent = jest.fn(() => ({
+        text: {
+          value: 'Hello',
+          fragments
+        }
+      }));
+
+      const sourceTool = { exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => 'Hello') };
+      const targetTool = { importTextContent: jest.fn(() => ({})) };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn((name: string) =>
+        name === 'header' ? sourceTool : targetTool
+      );
+
+      blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'text' as DataKey, 'paragraph');
+
+      expect(targetTool.importTextContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Hello', fragments);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if source tool has no export config', () => {
+      const sourceTool = {
+        exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => {
+          throw new Error('Tool header does not have export configuration for text content');
+        })
+      };
+      const targetTool = { importTextContent: jest.fn() };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn((name: string) =>
+        name === 'header' ? sourceTool : targetTool
+      );
+
+      expect(() => blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'text' as DataKey, 'paragraph'))
+        .toThrow('does not have export configuration');
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if target tool has no import config', () => {
+      const sourceTool = { exportTextContent: jest.fn(() => 'Hello') };
+      const targetTool = {
+        importTextContent: jest.fn(() => {
+          throw new Error('Tool paragraph does not have import configuration for text content');
+        })
+      };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error — mock
+      toolsManager.blockTools.get = jest.fn((name: string) =>
+        name === 'header' ? sourceTool : targetTool
+      );
+
+      expect(() => blocksManager.convertBlock(0, 'text' as DataKey, 'paragraph'))
+        .toThrow('does not have import configuration');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.ts b/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.ts
index 3e5abbde..df3e68db 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/BlockManager.ts
@@ -370,6 +370,65 @@ export class BlocksManager {
     }, blockIndex + 1);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Converts a block to a new type by exporting its text content and importing it into the new tool.
+   * Both the source and target tools must define conversionConfig.
+   * @param blockIndexOrId - numeric position or named identifier that locates the block
+   * @param dataKey - the data key at which the conversion is performed
+   * @param newType - block tool name to convert to
+   * @param [userId] - user id to attribute the change to
+   * @param [dataOverrides] - optional data fields to merge on top of the converted data. Merged shallowly:
+   *   object-valued keys are replaced wholesale, not deep-merged.
+   */
+  public convertBlock(
+    blockIndexOrId: number | BlockId,
+    dataKey: DataKey,
+    newType: string,
+    userId: string | number = this.#config.userId,
+    dataOverrides?: BlockToolData
+  ): void {
+    const blockIndex = this.#model.resolveBlockIndex(blockIndexOrId);
+
+    const block = this.#model.getBlockSerialized(blockIndex);
+
+    const sourceTool = this.#toolsManager.blockTools.get(block.name);
+    const targetTool = this.#toolsManager.blockTools.get(newType);
+
+    if (sourceTool === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`Cannot convert block: source tool "${block.name}" is not registered`);
+    }
+    if (targetTool === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`Cannot convert block: target tool "${newType}" is not registered`);
+    }
+
+    const text = sourceTool.exportTextContent(block.data);
+
+    const blockInputs = Object.entries(
+      this.#model.getBlockTextContent(blockIndex)
+    );
+    const convertIndex = blockInputs.findIndex(([key]) => key === dataKey);
+
+    if (convertIndex === -1) {
+      throw new Error(`Data key "${dataKey}" not found in block content`);
+    }
+
+    const [, convertInput] = blockInputs[convertIndex];
+
+    const newData = targetTool.importTextContent(text, convertInput.fragments);
+    const finalData = dataOverrides !== undefined
+      ? {
+          ...newData,
+          ...dataOverrides,
+        }
+      : newData;
+
+    this.#model.removeBlock(userId, blockIndex);
+    this.#model.addBlock(userId, {
+      name: newType,
+      data: finalData,
+    }, blockIndex);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns block index where user caret is placed
    */
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts b/packages/sdk/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
index 565498e5..932125d3 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/api/BlocksAPI.ts
@@ -249,10 +249,25 @@ export interface BlocksAPI {
 
   /**
    * Converts block to another type. Both blocks should provide the conversionConfig.
-   * @param id - id of the existed block to convert. Should provide 'conversionConfig.export' method
-   * @param newType - new block type. Should provide 'conversionConfig.import' method
-   * @param dataOverrides - optional data overrides for the new block
+   * @param params.block - index or id of the block to convert. Should provide 'conversionConfig.export' method
+   * @param params.key - data key of the text input at which to split
+   * @param params.newType - new block type. Should provide 'conversionConfig.import' method
+   * @param [params.dataOverrides] - optional data overrides for the new block. Merged shallowly:
+   *   object-valued keys are replaced wholesale, not deep-merged.
+   * @param [params.userId] - user id to attribute the change to
    * @throws Error if conversion is not possible
    */
-  // convert(id: string, newType: string, dataOverrides?: BlockToolData): Promise<BlockAPI>;
+  // @todo return BlockAPI when it is implemented
+  convert(params: {
+    /** Index or id of the block to convert */
+    block: number | string;
+    /** Data key of the text input to split */
+    key: string;
+    /** Block tool name to convert to */
+    newType: string;
+    /** Optional data overrides for the new block. Merged shallowly: object-valued keys are replaced wholesale, not deep-merged. */
+    dataOverrides?: BlockToolData;
+    /** User id. Defaults to the current user id from the config */
+    userId?: string | number;
+  }): void;
 }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BaseToolFacade.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BaseToolFacade.spec.ts
index 76d4207c..2994ef1c 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BaseToolFacade.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BaseToolFacade.spec.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,66 @@ describe('BaseToolFacade (via BlockToolFacade)', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('exportTextContent', () => {
+    it('throws when the tool has no conversionConfig.export', () => {
+      const facade = createBlockFacade({}, {} as ToolOptions);
+
+      expect(() => facade.exportTextContent({})).toThrow(
+        /does not have export configuration/
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('calls the export function when conversionConfig.export is a function', () => {
+      const exportFn = (data: BlockToolData): string => (data.text as { value: string }).value;
+      const facade = createBlockFacade(
+        { [BlockToolOptionKey.ConversionConfig]: { export: exportFn } },
+        {} as ToolOptions
+      );
+
+      const result = facade.exportTextContent({ text: { value: 'hello' } });
+
+      expect(result).toBe('hello');
+    });
+
+    it('reads a top-level string key from data', () => {
+      const facade = createBlockFacade(
+        { [BlockToolOptionKey.ConversionConfig]: { export: 'text' } },
+        {} as ToolOptions
+      );
+
+      const result = facade.exportTextContent({
+        text: {
+          value: 'hello',
+          fragments: [],
+          [NODE_TYPE_HIDDEN_PROP]: BlockChildType.Text,
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBe('hello');
+    });
+
+    it('reads a dot-notation keypath from data', () => {
+      const facade = createBlockFacade(
+        { [BlockToolOptionKey.ConversionConfig]: { export: 'items.0.text' } },
+        {} as ToolOptions
+      );
+
+      const result = facade.exportTextContent({
+        items: [
+          {
+            text: {
+              value: 'hello',
+              fragments: [],
+              [NODE_TYPE_HIDDEN_PROP]: BlockChildType.Text,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBe('hello');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('importTextContent', () => {
     it('throws when the tool has no conversionConfig.import', () => {
       const facade = createBlockFacade({}, {} as ToolOptions);
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BlockToolFacade.ts b/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BlockToolFacade.ts
index 34a34295..879f5c64 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BlockToolFacade.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/tools/facades/BlockToolFacade.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ToolsCollection } from '../ToolsCollection.js';
 import type { BlockToolConstructor, BlockToolConstructorOptions, BlockTool, BlockToolData } from '../../entities';
 import { ToolType } from '../../entities';
 import { BlockChildType, NODE_TYPE_HIDDEN_PROP, keypath } from '@editorjs/model';
-import type { InlineFragment } from '@editorjs/model';
+import type { InlineFragment, TextNodeSerialized } from '@editorjs/model';
 
 /**
  * Class to work with Block tools constructables
@@ -187,6 +187,29 @@ export class BlockToolFacade extends BaseToolFacade<ToolType.Block, BlockTool> {
     return result;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns block data serialized to a plain-text string using the tool's conversion config export function.
+   * If the export config is a function, it is called with the block data.
+   * If the export config is a string keypath, the value at that path is read from the data.
+   * @param data - serialized block data to convert to plain text
+   */
+  public exportTextContent(data: BlockToolData): string {
+    const conversionConfig = this.options[BlockToolOptionKey.ConversionConfig];
+    const exportFnOrProp = conversionConfig?.export;
+
+    if (exportFnOrProp === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`Tool ${this.name} does not have export configuration for text content`);
+    }
+
+    if (typeof exportFnOrProp === 'function') {
+      return exportFnOrProp(data);
+    }
+
+    const node = keypath.get<TextNodeSerialized>(data, exportFnOrProp);
+
+    return node?.value ?? '';
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns enabled inline tools for Tool
    */