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ADD YOUR DOC
Drop the DOC file into the box above or choose it from your device.
DOC → TXT / online converter
DOC to TXT Converter
Pull the text out of an old Word DOC file as plain TXT, with all formatting removed.
01 / how to
How to convert DOC to TXT
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CONVERT TO TXT
TXT is already selected. Press Convert and wait a few seconds.
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DOWNLOAD
Save the finished TXT file. The original is deleted from our server.
02 / what you get
What happens to your data
Kept
- All the text, with paragraphs and list items, in UTF-8
- Footnotes appear as numbered notes at the end
- Tables become simple text tables
- Old Word 97-2003 files are read, including ones saved by very old versions of Word
- A plain .txt file that any device and program can open
Good to know
- Plain text has no formatting: bold, italic, colors, fonts, headers, footers and comments are dropped.
- Pictures are dropped, and a link keeps its words but not its address.
- Password-protected documents are not supported, and macros inside the file are not run.
- Files up to 300 MB are accepted.
03 / formats
DOC vs TXT
DOC
A DOC file is the older, legacy Microsoft Word format (Word 97-2003), stored as a proprietary binary format. Still shows up in old archives and email attachments, but Word itself has defaulted to DOCX since 2007.
Used in: Legacy Word documents · Old email attachments
TXT
A TXT file is plain, unformatted text — no fonts, no styling, no structure beyond line breaks. The simplest and most universal document format there is, readable by literally anything.
Used in: Plain notes · Logs · Universal compatibility
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Have a different file? Open the main converter — it detects the format for you.