How to Convert Word Documents to Plain Text Online
Amanda Montell
Microsoft Word documents are great for formatting, but sometimes you just need the raw text. Maybe you are pasting content into a CMS, preparing text for a code editor, or stripping formatting before sending an email. Converting Word to plain text is straightforward with the right tool.
Why Not Just Copy-Paste from Word?
Copy-pasting from Word often brings along hidden formatting, styles, and metadata. This can break layouts in web editors, email clients, and other applications. Converting to plain text strips all of that, giving you clean, portable text.
How to Convert Word to Text Online
Open our Word to text converter.
Upload your DOC or DOCX file.
Click Extract Text to process.
Copy or download the plain text output.
Supported Formats
- DOC (Microsoft Word 97-2003)
- DOCX (Microsoft Word 2007+)
- ODT (OpenDocument Text)
- RTF (Rich Text Format)
No Microsoft Word installation is needed. The conversion happens entirely online through our servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
The converter extracts plain text, so complex table structures are simplified into linear text. Paragraph structure is preserved.
Yes, you can upload multiple documents and extract text from all of them in one session.
No. Files are processed in real-time and are not stored on our servers.
Convert your Word documents to plain text in seconds.
Word to Text Converter