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Word to Text (TXT) Converter

Pull the plain text out of a Word document, with numbering intact, to paste anywhere.

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Accepts DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF

Encrypted upload. Files are deleted automatically after 1 hour.

About Word to TXT

Word to TXT strips a document down to its words when formatting gets in the way: pasting into a web form or a CMS, feeding text to a script or a translation tool, or keeping a lightweight copy for search. Many converters drop Word's automatic list numbers; here 1., 2.1, a) and bullets come out exactly as Word shows them.

Tables become one line per row with cells separated by tabs, so they paste neatly into a spreadsheet. Tabs and manual line breaks are kept, text in text boxes appears once, and runs of blank lines are tidied. The text shows up on the page with a Copy button, and you can download it as a UTF-8 .txt file. Headers, footers and footnotes aren't included.

How to use Word to TXT

  1. 1
    Add the Word file

    Click Choose file or drop a DOCX, DOC, ODT or RTF onto the page.

  2. 2
    Click Word to TXT

    The text is extracted in an isolated process on our server.

  3. 3
    Copy or download

    Copy the text from the result box, or download the .txt file, saved as UTF-8.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • List numbers kept

    Automatic numbering and bullets appear as characters, just as Word displays them.

  • Tables as tab-separated rows

    Each table row becomes one line with tabs between cells, ready to paste into Excel.

  • Clean, readable output

    Text boxes appear once, not twice, and long runs of blank lines are shortened.

  • UTF-8 for every language

    Chinese, Arabic, accented letters and symbols are saved correctly in UTF-8.

FAQ

Word to TXT: questions and answers

Does Word to TXT keep numbered lists?
Yes. List numbers and bullets are written out as text, like 1., 2.1 or a), so the order and structure stay readable. If you want headings and lists kept as real structure, Word to Markdown is the better fit.
What happens to tables in Word to TXT?
Each row becomes one line, with a tab between cells. Paste that into Excel or Google Sheets and the columns line up again. To get the tables as proper sheets instead, Word to Excel pulls each one into Excel.
Are headers, footers and footnotes included?
No. You get the main text of the document, including what's in tables and text boxes, while headers, footers and footnotes are left out.
Is this Word to text converter free to use?
Yes. Without an account you can run 2 tasks, and a free account gets 2 a day, for files up to 50 MB. VIP lifts the daily cap, and files can be up to 1 GB.
Do you store the extracted text?
No. The document and the text are deleted from our server one hour after the task. The upload is encrypted and runs in an isolated process.
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