DOCX to TXT Converter
Pull the plain text out of a Word document, with tables laid out in columns.
Convert your document
Converted on our serverHow it works
- Choose a .docx fileDrop in a Word document up to 20 MB.
- Agree and convertConfirm the upload and press Convert.
- Copy or downloadCopy the text from the page, or download the .txt file.
Supported formats
Any of these can be converted into any other. Old .doc files and PDFs are not supported.
About this tool
Sometimes you only want the words: to paste into a form, a plain-text email, a script or an app that cannot open Word files. This converter takes a .docx file and gives you UTF-8 plain text. Each paragraph stays on its own line, list items keep their bullets and numbers, and tables are laid out in aligned columns.
Formatting such as bold, fonts and colours is dropped, as plain text has none, and images are left out. You can copy the result straight from the page or download it as a .txt file. The conversion runs on our server with Pandoc after you agree to the upload, and your file is deleted as soon as the result is ready.
Questions people ask
Will the text work in Notepad and on a Mac?
What happens to tables?
Are headers, footers and comments included?
Getting the most from plain text
Links become plain words
Plain text has no links, so only the link text remains. Convert to Markdown instead if you need the web addresses.
View tables in a fixed-width font
Columns are lined up with spaces, so open the text in Notepad, TextEdit in plain-text mode or a code editor.
Special characters are kept
Curly quotes, dashes and accented letters are saved as UTF-8. If an old program shows odd symbols, open the file in an editor that reads UTF-8.
DOCX vs TXT
| DOCX | TXT | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Microsoft Word document (Office Open XML) | Plain text |
| Formatting it keeps | Everything: styles, fonts, tables, images, headers, comments and page layout | None: only the words and line breaks |
| Best for | Documents people edit, review and send by email | Notes, copying text into other apps and very old software |
| Works with | Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Pages and most upload forms | Every device and app |