diff --git a/app/components/assets/assets-index/advanced-asset-columns.tsx b/app/components/assets/assets-index/advanced-asset-columns.tsx
index 6f643eb6b..608828f9c 100644
--- a/app/components/assets/assets-index/advanced-asset-columns.tsx
+++ b/app/components/assets/assets-index/advanced-asset-columns.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import { type AssetIndexLoaderData } from "~/routes/_layout+/assets._index";
 import { getStatusClasses, isOneDayEvent } from "~/utils/calendar";
 import { formatCurrency } from "~/utils/currency";
 import { getCustomFieldDisplayValue } from "~/utils/custom-fields";
+import { cleanMarkdownFormatting } from "~/utils/markdown-cleaner";
 import { isLink } from "~/utils/misc";
 import type { OrganizationPermissionSettings } from "~/utils/permissions/custody-and-bookings-permissions.validator.client";
 import { userHasCustodyViewPermission } from "~/utils/permissions/custody-and-bookings-permissions.validator.client";
@@ -367,33 +368,42 @@ function StatusColumn({ id, status }: { id: string; status: AssetStatus }) {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Displays a truncated plain-text preview of the asset description and shows
+ * the full markdown-rendered content inside a tooltip on hover.
+ */
 function DescriptionColumn({ value }: { value: string }) {
-  const isEmpty = !value || value.trim().length === 0;
+  const plainPreview = cleanMarkdownFormatting(value ?? "");
+  const hasContent = Boolean(value && value.trim().length > 0);
+  const previewText = plainPreview.length > 0 ? plainPreview : value.trim();
 
   return (
     <Td className="max-w-62 whitespace-pre-wrap">
-      {isEmpty ? (
+      {!hasContent ? (
         <EmptyTableValue />
-      ) : value.length > 60 ? (
+      ) : (plainPreview || value).length > 60 ? (
         <TooltipProvider>
           <Tooltip>
             <TooltipTrigger className="text-left">
-              <LineBreakText text={value} />
+              <LineBreakText text={previewText} charactersPerLine={28} />
             </TooltipTrigger>
 
             <TooltipContent side="top" className="max-w-[400px]">
               <h5>Asset description</h5>
-              <p className="text-sm">{value}</p>
+              <MarkdownViewer content={value} className="mt-2 text-sm" />
             </TooltipContent>
           </Tooltip>
         </TooltipProvider>
       ) : (
-        <span>{value}</span>
+        <span>{previewText}</span>
       )}
     </Td>
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Renders a compact date cell with optional time information.
+ */
 function DateColumn({
   value,
   includeTime = false,
diff --git a/app/utils/csv.server.ts b/app/utils/csv.server.ts
index fa6118868..36aab05b8 100644
--- a/app/utils/csv.server.ts
+++ b/app/utils/csv.server.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ import { formatCurrency } from "./currency";
 import { SERVER_URL } from "./env";
 import { isLikeShelfError, ShelfError } from "./error";
 import { ALL_SELECTED_KEY } from "./list";
-import {
-  cleanMarkdownFormatting,
-  sanitizeNoteContent,
-} from "./note-sanitizer.server";
+import { cleanMarkdownFormatting } from "./markdown-cleaner";
+import { sanitizeNoteContent } from "./note-sanitizer.server";
 import { resolveTeamMemberName } from "./user";
 
 export type CSVData = [string[], ...string[][]] | [];
diff --git a/app/utils/markdown-cleaner.ts b/app/utils/markdown-cleaner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..565665d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/markdown-cleaner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Cleans markdown formatting from a text string.
+ * Shared between server and client utilities that need a plain-text representation.
+ *
+ * @param text - Text containing markdown to clean
+ * @param options - Behaviour modifiers
+ * @returns Plain text with markdown formatting removed
+ */
+export type CleanMarkdownFormattingOptions = {
+  preserveLineBreaks?: boolean;
+};
+
+export const cleanMarkdownFormatting = (
+  text: string,
+  options: CleanMarkdownFormattingOptions = {}
+): string => {
+  const { preserveLineBreaks = false } = options;
+
+  if (!text) return "";
+
+  let cleaned = text
+    .replace(/!\[([^\]]*)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, "") // Remove image references
+    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, "$1") // Replace markdown links with their text
+    .replace(/`{3}([\s\S]*?)`{3}/g, (_match, codeBlock) => codeBlock) // Remove code fence markers
+    .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, "$1") // Remove inline code markers
+    .replace(/[*_~]+/g, "") // Remove emphasis characters
+    .replace(/^\s{0,3}#{1,6}\s+/gm, "") // Remove heading markers
+    .replace(/^\s{0,3}>\s?/gm, "") // Remove blockquote markers
+    .replace(/\[[^\]]*\]:\s*\S+/g, "") // Remove reference-style link definitions
+    .replace(/\[[^\]]*\]/g, (match) => match.replace(/\[|\]/g, "")); // Remove remaining brackets
+
+  if (preserveLineBreaks) {
+    cleaned = cleaned
+      .replace(/\r/g, "")
+      .split("\n")
+      .map((line) => line.trim().replace(/[ \t]{2,}/g, " "))
+      .join("\n")
+      .replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n");
+  } else {
+    cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\r?\n/g, " ").replace(/\s+/g, " ");
+  }
+
+  return cleaned.trim();
+};
+
diff --git a/app/utils/note-sanitizer.server.ts b/app/utils/note-sanitizer.server.ts
index c636b76c0..8ead15842 100644
--- a/app/utils/note-sanitizer.server.ts
+++ b/app/utils/note-sanitizer.server.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,4 @@
-export type CleanMarkdownFormattingOptions = {
-  preserveLineBreaks?: boolean;
-};
-
-/**
- * Cleans markdown formatting from a text string
- * @param text - Text containing markdown to clean
- * @param options - Behaviour modifiers
- * @returns Plain text with markdown formatting removed
- */
-export const cleanMarkdownFormatting = (
-  text: string,
-  options: CleanMarkdownFormattingOptions = {}
-): string => {
-  const { preserveLineBreaks = false } = options;
-
-  if (!text) return "";
-
-  let cleaned = text
-    .replace(/!\[([^\]]*)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, "") // Remove image references
-    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, "$1") // Replace markdown links with their text
-    .replace(/`{3}([\s\S]*?)`{3}/g, (_match, codeBlock) => codeBlock) // Remove code fence markers
-    .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, "$1") // Remove inline code markers
-    .replace(/[*_~]+/g, "") // Remove emphasis characters
-    .replace(/^\s{0,3}#{1,6}\s+/gm, "") // Remove heading markers
-    .replace(/^\s{0,3}>\s?/gm, "") // Remove blockquote markers
-    .replace(/\[[^\]]*\]:\s*\S+/g, "") // Remove reference-style link definitions
-    .replace(/\[[^\]]*\]/g, (match) => match.replace(/\[|\]/g, "")); // Remove remaining brackets
-
-  if (preserveLineBreaks) {
-    cleaned = cleaned
-      .replace(/\r/g, "")
-      .split("\n")
-      .map((line) => line.trim().replace(/[ \t]{2,}/g, " "))
-      .join("\n")
-      .replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n");
-  } else {
-    cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\r?\n/g, " ").replace(/\s+/g, " ");
-  }
-
-  return cleaned.trim();
-};
+import { cleanMarkdownFormatting } from "./markdown-cleaner";
 
 const decodeHtmlEntities = (text: string): string =>
   text