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Convert RTF to TXT

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How to convert RTF to TXT

Step 1: Drop your RTF files using the button above or by deposit and leave.

Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.

Step 3: Receive your converted TXT files.


RTF to TXT Conversion FAQ

How do I convert an RTF file to TXT?
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Upload your RTF file using the picker above and the converter detects the source type and runs the RTF → TXT pipeline. The result downloads automatically when conversion completes; no account needed for one-off conversions.
The words, and nothing else. TXT stores characters and line breaks, so bold, italics, headings, fonts, colours, tables, images, headers and footers are all discarded — not degraded, removed. That is the correct outcome when you want the text for indexing, diffing or scripting, and the wrong one if the formatting carried meaning. Plain text is the most durable format there is: it will still be readable when every proprietary format of this decade is unopenable. TXT carries no styling, no images, no tables and no page structure, so any layout in the source is discarded permanently.
Yes, and the RTF would not have. Browsers ship a decoder for TXT and none for RTF, so an RTF link forces a download while a TXT renders inline. That is usually the deciding factor when the file is going onto a web page rather than into an application.
Because it opens in essentially everything, including software from the early nineties, and because it is plain readable text underneath so it survives systems that mangle binary attachments. The trade is size and features: an RTF is several times larger than the equivalent XML package and cannot carry tracked changes, comments or complex tables.
Yes — basic RTF → TXT conversion is free with no registration. Premium adds higher per-file size limits, more parallel batch workers, and removes ads.
Free accounts: up to 100 MB per RTF file. Premium: typically 1 GB per file, depending on the RTF source type. Very large files are split into chunks server-side when the TXT format allows.
Conversion preserves all information that both RTF and TXT can represent. Format-specific features that the TXT format doesn't support (e.g. vector data in raster output, formulas in plain-text output) are rasterized or stripped — see the format-specific notes on the result page.
Yes — drop multiple RTF files into the upload zone and they are queued in parallel. Premium has more parallel workers; on a 50-file batch this is the difference between minutes and seconds.
Yes — the UI is responsive and the conversion pipeline runs server-side, so mobile devices upload-then-download just like desktops. iOS and Android browser file pickers (camera roll, Files app) work end-to-end.
Chrome, Firefox, Safari (15+), Edge, and Opera. The converter uses standard `<input type="file">` upload — no WebAssembly or PWA dependencies — so even older browsers work.
Yes — uploaded RTF files are processed in isolated workers and deleted within minutes. We never view, retain, or share content. See /privacy/ for the data-retention window.
Disable any pop-up blocker, then click the download button manually. The result link stays active for 24 hours, so if your network fails mid-download, you can re-trigger from the result page without re-uploading the RTF.

RTF

RTF files include text formatting like bold, italics, and fonts while remaining widely compatible.

TXT

TXT files contain only plain text, readable by practically any text editor on any platform.


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