Convert RTF to TXT — Free Online Converter
Convert Rich Text Format (.rtf) to Plain Text (.txt) online for free. Fast, secure document conversion with no watermarks or registration....
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About RTF to TXT Conversion
RTF mixes human-readable text with formatting control words (\b, \par, \pard, \trowd) in a plain-text file that is technically text but practically unreadable without a parser. TXT is pure text — readable by any human and any software. Converting RTF to TXT strips all formatting control words and produces a clean text file containing only the document's actual content.
The output is the document's text in its simplest possible form: words separated by spaces, paragraphs separated by line breaks, nothing else. It is the most minimal, most portable, and most universally readable representation of the document's content.
Why Convert RTF to TXT?
TXT is the most compatible file format ever created. Every operating system, every programming language, every text editor, every database, and every command-line tool can read TXT. When you need RTF content in the most portable possible form — for scripting, data processing, version control, or legacy system import — TXT is the answer.
TXT extraction is also a prerequisite for many automated workflows. Content migration scripts, search engine indexers, machine learning training pipelines, and text analytics platforms all require clean text input. RTF's control words interfere with these tools; TXT provides exactly what they need.
Common Use Cases
- Extract RTF content for command-line processing (grep, awk, sed)
- Prepare RTF text for version control tracking
- Import RTF content into databases as plain text records
- Feed RTF document content into automated text processing pipelines
- Create human-readable copies of RTF files without word processor software
How It Works
The converter parses the RTF control word stream, tracking the current formatting state while extracting only text characters. \par and \line control words produce newline characters. \cell produces tab characters (table cell separators). \tab produces tab characters. Hex-encoded characters (\'xx) and Unicode escapes (\uNNNNN) are decoded to UTF-8. All formatting control words (\b, \i, \f, \fs, \pard) are consumed for parsing state but not output. Image groups (\pict) are skipped entirely. The output is clean UTF-8 text.
Quality & Performance
Text content is extracted completely and accurately. Every word from the RTF document appears in the TXT output. All formatting, images, and structural information are discarded. The result is a flat stream of text with paragraph separators — clean, readable, and ready for any text processing workflow.
Device Compatibility
| Device | RTF | TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Windows PC | Partial | Partial |
| macOS | Partial | Partial |
| iPhone/iPad | Partial | Partial |
| Android | Partial | Partial |
| Linux | Partial | Partial |
| Web Browser | No | No |
Tips for Best Results
- 1TXT is ideal when you need clean text for scripts, databases, or automated processing
- 2Keep the original RTF if you may need the formatted version later
- 3Check that international characters decoded correctly in the UTF-8 output
- 4For structured output, convert to HTML or Markdown rather than TXT
- 5Tab-separated table data in the output can be imported into spreadsheets if needed
Related Conversions
RTF to TXT produces clean, human-readable text from RTF's mix of content and control words. The output is universally compatible and ideal for text processing.